RON DUPAS COLLECTION
No. 1141. Convair 240-12 Convair-Liner (N270L c/n 157)
Photographed at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, by Ron Dupas

Convair 240-12 Convair-Liner

01/22/2007. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This aircraft was delivered to the Belgian airline SABENA on April 5, 1949 registered OO-AWT. It was sold to the Murray Corp. in the USA on April 23, 1957 and registered N27C. It was subsequently sold to the Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Railway Corp on November 24, 1959, reregistered N270L and named 'The Ambassador'. Aspen Airways purchased it on September 9, 1968.

On January 17, 1970, this aircraft crashed at Aspen Airport, Colorado, on a flight from Stapleton International Airport, Denver, Colorado, to Aspen. The cause was:


Created January 22, 2002