Convair 440-77 Metropolitan

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01/30/2007. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This was the prototype Model 440. It rolled off the assembly line on December 14, 1955 and made its first flight two days later registered N8424H. It was delivered to City Services Oil Co. on January 26, 1956 registered N1000 and was sold to the Gulf Oil Co. in 1963 and to General Motors Corp. (GM) in February 1967. The Allison Division of GM converted it to a Model 580 in June 1967 by replacing the reciprocating engines with turboprop engines. When completed, it was sold to Frontier Airlines on June 24, 1967. Frontier sold it to Sierra Pacific Airlines in June 1983 who leased it to Wings West Airlines from October 1987 to August 1988.

When it was returned from the lease, it was withdrawn from use and placed in storage at McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada; it was later moved to Marana Regional Airport, Tucson, Arizona. In April 1998, it was sold to the Canadian charter airline company, Nolinor Aviation, and registered C-GDBX. Nolinor donated it to the Ecole Nationale d'Aerotechnique (ENA) in December 1998 and it is used for ground instruction at St. Hubert Airport, Longueuil, Quebec. ENA is the only educational institution in Quebec to provide technical training in the fields of aircraft manufacturing technology, aircraft maintenance, and avionics. As of this date, the Canadian registration has been cancelled."


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01/30/2007. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This was the prototype Model 440. It rolled off the assembly line on December 14, 1955 and made its first flight two days later registered N8424H. It was delivered to City Services Oil Co. on January 26, 1956 registered N1000 and was sold to the Gulf Oil Co. in 1963 and to General Motors Corp. (GM) in February 1967. The Allison Division of GM converted it to a Model 580 in June 1967 by replacing the reciprocating engines with turboprop engines. When completed, it was sold to Frontier Airlines on June 24, 1967. Frontier sold it to Sierra Pacific Airlines in June 1983 who leased it to Wings West Airlines from October 1987 to August 1988. When it was returned from the lease, it was withdrawn from use and placed in storage at McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada; it was later moved to Marana Regional Airport, Tucson, Arizona. In April 1998, it was sold to the Canadian charter airline company, Nolinor Aviation, and registered C-GDBX. Nolinor donated it to the Ecole Nationale d'Aerotechnique (ENA) in December 1998 and it is used for ground instruction at St. Hubert Airport, Longueuil, Quebec. ENA is the only educational institution in Quebec to provide technical training in the fields of aircraft manufacturing technology, aircraft maintenance, and avionics. As of this date, the Canadian registration has been cancelled."