Registration / Serial: | 161572 |
Alternate Serial: | 6572 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Convair 880 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Convair 880 |
Aircraft Version: | Convair UC-880 (880M (22M-21)) |
C/n (msn): | 55 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
Unit Markings: | NATC - Naval Air Test Center |
City / Airport: | Patuxent River - NAS / Trapnell Field (KNHK / NHK)Map |
Region / Country: | Maryland, United States |
Photo Date: | 2 November 1981 |
Photo from: | Augusto Laghi CollectionContact |
Photo ID: | 643204Submit Correction |
View count: | 434 |
Photographer unknown - delivered to FAA Aug 1961 as N112 and used to train FAA flight examiners. Registered as N42 in 1974. Modified by Navy as an in-flight tanker and given BuNo 161572. Concurrently fitted out as an airborne control station for cruise missiles. Flight Systems bought the plane and re-registered it as N87490 Last flight Sep 30, 1993 (also last flight of any CV-880). Destroyed in a cargo hold explosion test at NAS Patuxent River, MD in 1995.
Registration / Serial: | 161572 |
Alternate Serial: | 6572 |
Aircraft Version: | Convair UC-880 (880M (22M-21)) |
C/n (msn): | 55 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Patuxent River - NAS / Trapnell Field (KNHK / NHK)Map | Region / Country: | Maryland, United States |
Photo Date: | 2 November 1981 |
Photo from: | Augusto Laghi CollectionContact |
Registration / Serial: | 161572 |
Alternate Serial: | 6572 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Convair 880 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Convair 880 |
Aircraft Version: | Convair UC-880 (880M (22M-21)) |
C/n (msn): | 55 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
Unit Markings: | NATC - Naval Air Test Center |
City / Airport: | Patuxent River - NAS / Trapnell Field (KNHK / NHK)Map |
Region / Country: | Maryland, United States |
Photo Date: | 2 November 1981 |
Photo from: | Augusto Laghi CollectionContact |
Photo ID: | 643204Submit Correction |
View count: | 434 |
Photographer unknown - delivered to FAA Aug 1961 as N112 and used to train FAA flight examiners. Registered as N42 in 1974. Modified by Navy as an in-flight tanker and given BuNo 161572. Concurrently fitted out as an airborne control station for cruise missiles. Flight Systems bought the plane and re-registered it as N87490 Last flight Sep 30, 1993 (also last flight of any CV-880). Destroyed in a cargo hold explosion test at NAS Patuxent River, MD in 1995.
Registration / Serial: | 161572 |
Alternate Serial: | 6572 |
Aircraft Version: | Convair UC-880 (880M (22M-21)) |
C/n (msn): | 55 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Patuxent River - NAS / Trapnell Field (KNHK / NHK)Map | Region / Country: | Maryland, United States |
Photo Date: | 2 November 1981 |
Photo from: | Augusto Laghi CollectionContact |