01/22/2007. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This aircraft was delivered to the Dutch airline KLM as a Model 380-48 Convair-Liner on April 29, 1954, registered PH-CGA and named 'Jan van Eijck'. It was converted to a Model 440-48 by adding improved soundproofing and an option of weather radar. After conversion, it was to be sold to Hawaiian Airlines with registration N5513K but they canceled the order and it was sold to Sears Roebuck & Co. of Chicago, Illinois, USA, on August 15, 1959 and reregistered N9730. Sears sold the aircraft in November 1971 and it passed through several companies registered N1PC and N3HH. In September 1985, it was leased to Canada's Air Caledonia for a month and registered C-GTVU. Returned to the USA owner, it again passed through a number of owners until withdrawn from use and stored at Roswell, New Mexico in July 1998."