RON DUPAS COLLECTION
No. 277. Convair 240-14 Convair-Liner (CF-IOK c/n 126) Imperial Oil Ltd.
Photographed at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, by Ron Dupas

Convair 240-14 Convair-Liner

01/22/2007. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This 240 was purchased by China's Central Air Transport Corp. (CATC) on February 28, 1949 and registered XT-602. On December 19, 1949, the aircraft was purchased by Civil Air Transport (CAT), a CIA front company, and registered N8301C. In June 1954, it was sold to Imperial Oil Ltd of Calgary, Alberta and registered CF-IOK. In 1961 it was sold to a USA company and registered N400M and converted to a Model 300. During the next 20-years, this aircraft was owned by numerous companies. It was reregistered N737Z in 1965, N502CW in 1974 and N503C in 1975. The last known operator purchased the aircraft in December 1981."


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