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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:CV-580F
    Construction Number:340-025
    Last Civil Registration:ZS-SKG
    Latest Owner or Location:Swiftair, S. A. Op. for DHL/EAT

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CV-340-31.

    25 November 1952

    To United Airlines with new c/r N73117 (340-31, 25).
    Operated with markings: Mainliner Denver

    June 1966

    Converted to a CV-580F.

    February 1981

    To Golden Gate Airlines keeping c/r N73117.

    12 October 1984


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 1984 photo - in storage at Pinal Air Park, Marana, Arizona

    3 March 1986


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: 35mm slide photographed at Dallas-Ft. Worth airport.

    20 September 1988

    Civil registration, N73117, cancelled.

    1 May 1989

    To DHL Worldwide Courier, Brussels, Belgium with new c/r OO-DHG.

    Circa 1992


    Photographer: Andrew Breeden
    Notes: EAT-DHL Coventry

    24 July 1995

    To Swiftair with new c/r EC-943 {1}.

    23 October 1995

    To Swiftair, S. A. Op. for DHL/EAT with new c/r EC-GDY (Convair 580-F, 25).
    Operated for DHL/EAT.

    Circa 1996


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Photo taken at East Midlands Airport

    From October 2004 to 29 June 2005

    Withdrawn from use.
    Madrid.

    19 September 2008


    Photographer: John Tomlinson
    Notes: 2008 photo at Cape Town

    To unknown owner with c/r ZS-SKG.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Spanish Register of Civil Aircraft Since 1920 by Jose Ramon Valero
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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