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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:CV-440-0
    Construction Number:440-484
    Last Civil Registration:G-CONV
    Latest Owner or Location:Reynard Nursery, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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    Dates

    Event

    1959

    Constructed as a CV-440-54.

    Converted to a CV-440-0.

    29 July 1959

    To Mohawk Airlines with new c/r N4402.
    Operated with markings: Airchief Joseph Brant

    11 June 1971

    To Executive Airlines keeping c/r N4402.

    15 March 1972

    To Wright Air Lines keeping c/r N4402.

    1976

    To Key Airlines with new c/r N28KA.

    April 1984

    To Key Airlines with new c/r N28KE.

    2 June 1986

    To Basler Flight Services keeping c/r N28KE.

    4 November 1987

    Leased to Salair.

    December 1987

    To Salair with new c/r N357SA {1}.

    1994


    Photographer: Mark Fidler
    Notes: Coming into Miami

    8 November 1994


    Photographer: Augusto Gomez
    Notes: Photo taken at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

    Circa 30 November 1995

    Certificate of airworthiness for N357SA {1} (440, 484) issued.

    30 November 1995

    To Omni Air Group Inc, Spokane, WA keeping c/r N357SA {1}.

    14 May 1997

    Civil registration, N357SA {1}, cancelled.
    Exported to Portugal.

    15 May 1997

    To Agroar with new c/r CS-TML.

    9 August 1998


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Named Evora with AGROAR CARGO Titles at Evora Airport, Portugal

    1999

    To ACEF Transportes keeping c/r CS-TML.

    13 August 2000


    Photographer: Peter M. Garwood
    Notes: Probably the only flying display in the UK by a Convair 440 was at Coventry while operated by Air Atlantique.

    19 July 2001

    To Atlantic Air Transport Ltd, Dakota House, Coventry Airport West, Baginton, Coventry with new c/r G-CONV (CONVAIR 440, 484).

    20 December 2006

    Civil registration, G-CONV, cancelled.

    To Andrew and Tricia Scott.

    Circa 2007

    Based at Reynard Nursery, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
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    24 March 2014


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: G-CONV Convair 440 ex-Air Atlantique. Preserved at Reynards Garden Centre, near Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland. The owners have plans to modify the aircrafts interior and create a boutique hotel. This was subsequently modified to a Salon

    13 September 2017

    Aircraft Interior converted into a luxurious salon called - Runway Studios.

    13 September 2017


    Photographer: Amber Scott

    30 September 2017


    Photographer: Amber Scott
    Notes: Inside the refurbished interior of the aircraft
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