With the '5' in the serial clearly scraped off.

Registered to Silver Express Aviation in Jul 87. On 30 Jun 97 it crashed and came to rest on a beach following an engine failure on take-off from San Juan PR. Improper action by the Captain and the aircraft being 600 ponds overweight prevented it from maintaining height. All 3 occupants survived.

Ex USCG

A surprisingly small number of airlines flew this Convair over 40 years. It was first delivered to American Airlines as a Convair 240 in August 1948. Sold to Trans Texas Airways in July 1964, the airliner was converted to a Convair 600 in 1967 before the airline name changed to Texas International Airlines. Bar Harbor bought the aircraft in March 1979 and flew it until 1989 when is became a Continental Express commuter. Registered to International Turbine Service in May 1989, it was broken up for parts and the registration cancelled by 1992.

Ex USAF 51-7898, to N40CE and then N406E. Acquired by Polaris in Mar 1967. Arrived at Woensdrecht 17 Jun 1968 for maintenance by Aviolanda, but impounded after Polaris went bankrupt in 1969 and stored at Woensdrecht. Sold at auction 21 Mar 1975 to Mr. B. Mastboom, who removed the engines and resold the aircraft to local car dealer Emmo van de Veen. He had the aircraft on display at his company for several years, until sold to the children's playpark "Oud Valkeveen" in Naarden. The aircraft is seen here in the car dealer's yard, probably being prepared for delivery to Naarden. It was trucked there circa Mar 1980, but once there the park's plans with the Convair fell through and it was broken up in the early 1980s.

Ex USAF 51-5171. Officially registered to Southwestern Alloys at the time. To Lee County Mosquito Control District May 80 and re-reg N840M. Sold on Jan 84. Last seen withdrawn from use at Miami (date unclear). Reg cancelled 14 Nov 2012.

Ex USAF 49-1925, converted from T-29A. Noted withdrawn from use at Tucson AZ in 1980.

Owned by Aerospace Dynamics Limited, ex USAF 51-5128. Sold to Bill Sisk Aircraft Sales in 1981. Noted at Port-au-Prince International, Haiti in 1982. Reg cancelled from the US register 15 Jul 2011.

Ex N3411F and USAF 53-5830. HP-796 was registered to a private owner but withdrawn from use almost immediately after in Sep 78.

Originally delivered to American Air Lines as N94252. Also operated with Southeast Airlines, Ozark Airlines and Mohawk Airlines as well as a fair number of corporate operators. It was in the ownership of a private owner when on 15 Feb 1980 sometime after departure from Port-au-Prince it returned due to engine problems. An emergency landing was made with the left engine and wing on fire. The three occupants had disappeared by the time rescue services arrived. The aircraft was carrying marijuana.

Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia

Delivered to American as N94270 in 1949. To Mohawk as N1022C in 1960. To other operators after 1966 then to TI-AOC in 1979. To Trans Florida as N2642Z in 1981 then back to N1022C in 1982. To Orlando-Apooka Airport for preservation in 2010.

Delivered to KLM as PH-TEL in 1949, Reregistered as PH-CEL then to Swissair as HB-IMA in 1954. To Mohawk Airlines as N1020C in 1956, to other operators from 1966 then to Trans Florida in 1976. Scrapped at Daytona Beach in 2007. Nose to Mojave.

Convair photo. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia

Scrapped at Tucson.