Built in 1953 as CV340 N3447 for Northeast Airlines but never delivered, it was sold as I-DOGU with Alitalia and converted as a CV440. In September 1961 it became YU-ADN with JAT Jugoslovenski Aero Transport, and served until March 1974 when it returned to the USA as N94436 with a leasing company and converted as a CV440F. It was acquired by Aviateca, whose basic livery it was still wearing when photographed, in Guatamala as TG-ABA in March 1976 before being restored as N94436 in January 1979. It is said to have been written off in April 1980 but the details are unknown.

Tragically this aircraft was destroyed, and the pilot killed, when it crashed during an aerobatic championship at Kromeriz Airfield in the Czech Republic on 19th July 2014.

Converted to KC-135R in 1988 and is still active serving with the 108th Air Refueling Squadron of the 126th Air Refueling Wing Illinois Air National Guard located at Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Illinois.

Converted to KC-135E in August 1986 and to KC-135R in 1993. Retired to AMARC at Tucson in December 2022 and still current on their inventory.

Converted to KC-135E in October 1990, retired to AMARC at Tucson on 9th May 2007 and still shown on the AMARC inventory at the time of posting.

When photographed the helicopter was being re-assembled after delivery from the USA in a container. It was cancelled from the British register on 07 January 2009 and transferred to the Spanish marks EC-KYF.

On 26th July 2014 this glider was taking part in a competition organised by Husbands Bosworth Gliding Centre, but at 16:02 hrs. it collided with another glider at about 4,000 feet. The outer portion of the left wing of G-IDER became detached which led to structural failure of the same wing at the point of attachment to the fuselage. The pilot had to bail out but landed safely in a field and did not sustain any serious injuries. The other glider was less damaged and its pilot was able to make a force landing at Bedford disused airfield. The registration G-IDER was cancelled on 6th August 2019.

The aircraft had previously been operated for United Express by Presidential Airways as N802XV, but had been stored at LAS after the Presidential bankruptcy the previous October. When photographed it was being readied for lease to Bahamasair and became a long term member of their fleet, serving with them until April 2016 when it was withdrawn and flown to St. Johns, NL., for parting out.

California Air Shuttle was a new airline based out of Oxnard, CA., with 2 two leased Metroliners, the other being N1010Z. Flights from Oxnard to Las Vegas started in January 1990 but were limited to Las Vegas as plans to add service to Bay Area airports failed to gain approval. Sadly the airline struggled to fill seats, and with increased fuel costs due the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, it ceased operations in December 1990, less than a year after starting.

The aircraft was withdrawn from use at Greenwood-Leflore Airport, MS., in May 2003 and the registration cancelled as "Destroyed" in September of that year. This registration is now carried by a FedEx B767-300F.

34 years on from the date of the photograph this aircraft is still going strong, flying two sectors each day from a base at Spokane, WA., to destinations in Washington State. (Thanks to FR24).

Stored after being withdrawn from use in September 1989. In 1991 it was sold to Kabo Air in Nigeria as 5N-KBT, but had been retired by 1999 and is thought to have been scrapped early in the new century.

The aircraft has since appeared on the Barbados, Saint Vincent & The Grenadines and Costa Rican registers, but is now back in the USA flying out of Boulder City Airport, NV., for Grand Canyon Airlines as N189GC.

With new crudely applied D-Day stripes as part of its appearance in celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings.