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Convair CV-240s

Regn

Type

MSN

Airline

Start

Service

End Service

New

Name

Notes

VH-TAO

Convair

CV-240-5

Guinea

00/00/00

N9313R

N18M

N2008

N331G

N278E

John Fawkner

Registered VH-TAO to the A.N.A.C. 24/3/48. Completed 21/12/48. Delivered to Trans-Australia Airlines 30/12/48, but didn't arrive Australia until 3/7/49, after its undercarriage collapsed at Keflavik. Named 'George Bass', later 'Abel Tasman', 'John Fawkner' & 'John Batman'. Wet-leased to Guinea Airways, for a few days, to cover maintenance on VH-TAR & operated in full T.A.A. colors. Returned to T.A.A. Withdrawn from service by T.A.A. 10/7/59. Sold to Beldex Corp. 25/11/59 & registered N9313R. Struck-Off-Register 7/12/59. Leased to Whitney Fairbanks, as N18M. To Remmert Werner. Bought by Monsanto Chemical Co. 6/62 & reregistered N2008. Sold to General Dynamics 1/65 & converted to CV-600 standard in 1966; delivered 20/1/67. To Thunderbird Airways, t/a Flying W, 2/2/67, as N331G. To East Coast Leasing Co. 10/67, as N278E. Damaged beyond repair at Martinsburg, WV, as a result of arson. Scrapped.

VH-TAR

Convair

CV-240-5

Guinea

28/07/58

31/07/59

N9314R

N2007

N240R

N123SC

CX-BJL

John Roe

Registered VH-TAR to the A.N.A.C. 24/3/48. Completed 21/9/48. Delivered to Trans-Australia Airlines 8/10/48, as VH-TAR �Thomas Mitchell�. Renamed �William Dempster� & later �John Roe�. It was wet-leased from T.A.A., by Guinea Airways, 21/7/58, operating in T.A.A. colors, with 'GUINEA AIRWAYS LIMITED' painted above cabin windows. It was used to compete with Butler Air Transport on the Adelaide-Broken Hill route. Withdrawn from service by G.A.L. 31/7/59 & returned to T.A.A. 1/8/59 (3/8/59?). Withdrawn from service by T.A.A. Sold 7/12/59 to the Beldex Corp., U.S.A. & reregistered N9314R. It was purchased by Monsanto Chemical Co. 7/12/59 & reregistered N2007. To General Dynamics 1/65 & reregistered N240R. It was converted to CV-600 standard in 1965. Purchased by the Stromberg-Carlson Corp. 7/12/70 & reregistered N123SC. Purchased by Aviation Office of Alabama 30/1/75. Operated by the Aviation Office of America, Beaumont, Texas. To National Aero Associates, Inc. 30/1/75. Sold to Miami Aviation Corp. 12/4/76. Sold to A�rolineas Colonia, Uruguay, 12/4/76 & reregistered CX-BJL. Stored at Laguna de Los Patos, Colonia, Uruguay, 11/86.

Ansett only has association with 2 of the Trans-Australia Airlines CV-240s.

Convair CV-340s

Regn

Type

MSN

Airline

Start

Service

End Service

New

Name

Notes

VH-BZD

Convair CV-340

-32

110

ANS

A-ANA

B.A.T.

04/10/54

21/10/57

03/10/58

20/10/57

02/10/58

01/03/59

(N3430)

N440W

N1846

N1846D

N5803

N900MC?

N900WC

(N771PR)

N900WC

Originally ordered by Braniff Airways, Inc. The order was cancelled & registration N3430 was NTU. Completed 26/8/53. Stored 26/10/53. Purchased by Ansett Airways 10/6/54, for �400000, including spares. Registered VH-BZD to Ansett Airways Pty. Ltd. 21/6/54 - originally 44 passengers, but later converted to 52 passengers. The Ansett crew undertook conversion training with Braniff Airways, before taking delivery. It was ferried to Australia by Captains C R Sealey, A. Lane, A. Thomson & G. L. Brown & Navigator E. W. P Adams. It departed San Diego 4/8/54, routing via Kansas City, New York, Gander, Shannon, London, Rome, Beirut, Bahrain, Karachi, New Delhi, Calcutta, Singapore, Jakarta, Darwin, Brisbane, Sydney, arriving Essendon 16/8/54. Its 1st service was Essendon-Sydney-Brisbane 4/10/54. At some stage, it was upgraded to have CV-440-type engine exhausts; but other features were never upgraded to CV-440 standard by Ansett. It was leased to Butler Air Transport, with the 1st Butler Air Transport service being Sydney-Casino 3/10/58. Sold to the Beldex Corp., via Remmert Werner, Inc. 1/3/59; departing Essendon-Nadi-Canton Is.-Honolulu-San Francisco the same day. Struck-Off-Register 16/3/59. On arrival in the U.S., it was reregistered N440W, converted to

CV-440 standard & fitted with an executive interior, for Schenley Industries. Reregistered N1846 to the Southern Ohio Railroad Co., 31/10/62. To Mead Corp., Ohio. To Air Transport Leasing Corp. & reregistered N1846D. Purchased by Allegheny Airlines, inc. 4/1/65. Converted to CV-580 standard. Reregistered N5803 8/4/65. Sold to Sunny South Aircraft Service, Inc. 25/7/78. Leased to Charter Air Corp. 25/7/78 & reregistered N900WC. Leased to Mackey International Airlines 5/79. Leased to Prinair 8/8/81, with registration N8771PR NTU. Purchased by Prinair 3/11/83. Registered to Executive Car & Truck Leasing, W. Palm Beach, Florida, 13/2/86. To Kelowna Flightcraft 3/90. However, it was never placed on the Canadian Civil Register. During the early 1990s, it was converted to parts & scrapped. Some of the parts were used on the prototype CV-5800, C-FKFS, which was later scrapped.

VH-BZE

Convair CV-340

-51A

171

ANS

A-ANA

B.A.T.

24/04/55

21/10/57

05/08/58

20/10/57

04/08/58

01/03/59

(XB-TUQ)

N5511K

Originally ordered by Jorge Pasquel, as a CV-340-51. Registration XB-TUQ was allocated, but was NTU, due to the death of the purchaser. It was built as a CV-340-51A, completed 2/4/54 & stored. It was later purchased by Ansett Airways. Registered VH-BZE to Ansett Airways Pty. Ltd. 4/2/55 - originally 44 passengers, but later converted to 52 passengers. Handed over to Ansett Airways 24/2/55. It departed San Diego 3/3/55 San Francisco-Honolulu-Canton Island-Nadi, Noumea, Essendon; arriving Essendon 9/3/55 (Capts. R. Sealey & J. Woodgate & Navigator E. W. P Adams). It entered service 24/4/55. At some stage, it was upgraded to have CV-440-type engine exhausts; but other features were never upgraded to CV-440 standard by Ansett. It was leased to Butler Air Transport 5/8/58, to replace Ambassadors & operated in the full Butler sky-blue color-scheme. Sold to Remmert Warner 2/59, departing Essendon 26/4/59. Struck-Off-Register 28/4/59. Sold 20/4/59 to Hawaiian Airlines Finance, Inc. Reregistered N5511K on 27/6/59. Converted to CV-440 standard. Converted to Convair CV-640 standard 27/6/66. Leased to School Bus Airlines 21/12/71-14/6/72. Leased to Zantop Air Transport, Inc. 7/72, as a freighter. Purchased by the Chase Manhattan Bank 12/12/74, but its lease to Zantop continued. It was converted to CV-640F standard in 1975. Purchased by Zantop Air Transport 25/3/83. Stored at Willow Run, 5/95. Struck-Off the U.S. Register 3/8/00, as it had been scrapped.

Regn

Type

MSN

Airline

Start

Service

End Service

New

Name

Notes

VH-BZG

Convair CV-340

-36

ANS

16/11/56

26/06/57

N5507K

N5100

N5127

N5127H

HR-SAY

XA-IAG

N5599J

N771PR

Completed 2/12/52. Delivered to Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., as N5507K 17/12/52 (Fleet Number �25�). Leased by Ansett Airways from Hawaiian 19/11/56, to handle the peak traffic for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Registered VH-BZG to Hawaiian Airlines 7/11/56 to 4/7/57. It departed Honolulu 11/11/56, routing via Canton Is., Nadi & Noumea, arriving Essendon 14/11/56 (Capt. A. Lane of Ansett Airways, Capt. Bud Murray of Hawaiian Airlines & Navigator E W P Adams). It was operated, from 16/11/56, in full Hawaiian colors, with VH-BZG replacing N5507K on the tail. It mainly operated holiday flights to Coolangatta. It was withdrawn from service by Ansett 26/6/57. Returned to Hawaiian Airlines, departing Essendon 27/6/57 (Capts. A. Lane & S. Johannsen & Navigator E. W. P Adams). Reregistered N5507K to Hawaiian Airlines 24/7/57. Sold General Motors Corp (Allison Div.) 31/1/59 & reregistered N5100. Converted to the CV-580 prototype & first-flown 19/1/60. Reregistered N5127 by General Motors 1/1/59. To the General Motors Air Transportation Section 2/9/61. Reregistered N5127H 11/9/70. Sold to Servicio A�reos Honduras (SAHSA) 19/5/71 & reregistered HR-SAY. To L�neas A�reas Unidas SA 2/78. Reregistered XA-IAG 31/5/79. It was badly damaged at Puerto Escondita, Oaxaca, Mexico, 9/3/79 & sold. To Jay Dee Aircraft Supply Co. 19/2/80 & reregistered N5599J. Leased to Sin-Asia Air Services, Singapore, 24/6/80. Sold to Pemberthy Lumber Co, Los Angeles 10/10/80. Leased to Pacific National in 1981. Leased to Prinair, Puerto Rico 6/82. Reregistered N771PR 8/83. Repossessed by Pemberthy Lumber 6/85. Stored at Gainesville, Florida 8/86. Sold to Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter in 1990. However, it was never placed on the Canadian Civil Register. During the early 1990s, as with the ex-VH-BZD, it was converted to parts & scrapped. Some of the parts were used on the prototype CV-5800, C-FKFS, which was certificated late-1993, but was later scrapped.

VH-BZD � Ansett Airways

(via Geoff Wilkes. Original is probably ex Ansett)

VH-BZD � Ansett Airways

(Eric Allen)

VH-BZE � Ansett Airways

(via Dave Ryder, photographer unknown by FN)

VH-BZE � Ansett-ANA

(Eric Allen)

VH-BZE � in early Butler Air Transport Convair scheme

(source unknown). Not a great copy, but the only one I�ve

ever seen. The real blue was light-medium.

VH-BZG in Hawaiian Airlines colors

(Source unknown).

Convair CV-440s

Regn

Type

MSN

Airline

Start

Service

End Service

New

Name

Notes

VH-BZF

Convair CV-440

-97 Metropolitan

431

ANS

A-ANA

B.A.T.

ANSW

A-ANA

ANSW

A.S.A.

AASA

24/06/57

21/10/57

00/03/59

19/12/59

12/07/60

03/07/61

14/05/62

01/11/68

20/10/57

00/03/59

18/12/59

11/07/60

02/07/61

00/05/62

31/10/68

12/02/72

N102KA

Bought new, for $US750000. Construction was completed 15/5/57. Registered VH-BZF to Ansett Airways Pty. Ltd. 9/5/57 - 52 passengers. Handed-over & departed San Diego 31/5/57, ferrying via San Francisco, Honolulu, Canton Is., Nadi & Noumea, arriving Essendon 3/6/57 (Captain R. Sealey &, as First Officer, Captain A. McNaughton & Navigator E. W. P Adams). Its 1st service was 24/6/57. Forced-landed at Dubbo 16/1/60, whilst operating a Sydney-Dubbo-Parkes service, when No. 2 engine suffered a runaway propeller (Capt. F. McClelland & First Officer K. Holden). Repaired at Dubbo & continued operate without problems. To Butler Air Transport 3/59, in Ansett-ANA colors, to replace CV-340s. Repainted in Butler titling. Flew Sydney-Broken Hill 11/7/60 & was handed over to an Ansett crew for a flight to Melbourne. Registered to Airlines of S.A. 14/5/62 & to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) P/L 25/11/69. On 25/3/71, it suffered a bird-strike on take-off from West Beach, Adelaide, damaging an engine cowling. It was ferried Adelaide-Essendon 15/2/72 & was Struck-Off-Register 27/4/73. Sold 5/73 to Jack M. Garfinkle (t/a South East Asia Air Transport), in Bangkok, as N102KA. Leased to Khmer Akas (Cambodian Air Services), as N102KA 5/73. Withdrawn from service at Bangkok, Thailand 2/2/78 (still in basic A.S.A. colors). An alternative report suggests that it went to Kampuchea Airlines 7/79 & was withdrawn from service 11/79. Scrapped at Bangkok 6/81.

VH-BZH

Convair CV-440

-61 Metropolitan

458

ANS

A-ANA

B.A.T.

ANSW

A.S.A.

00/09/57

21/10/57

00/03/59

19/12/59

18/01/60

20/10/57

00/03/59

18/12/59

12/01/60

01/05/62

N8421H

N5829

N583PL

N537SA

(OO-VGB) OO-DHB

EC-830

EC-GBF

Col William Light

Bought new, for $US750000. Completed 21/8/57. Registered VH-BZH to Ansett Airways Pty. Ltd. 23/7/57 - 52 passengers. It was delivered to Ansett Airways at San Diego 17/9/57. Ferried the same day, but had to return to San Francisco, due to radio problems. It then ferried San Francisco-Honolulu-Canton Island-Nadi-Essendon; arriving Essendon 24/9/57 (Captains A. Lane & J. McRobbie, Navigator E. W. P. Adams, Engineers B. Davies & G. Stewart). Leased to Butler Air Transport 3/59, to replace CV-340s. To Airlines of South Australia 1/60. Registered to Airlines of South Australia 14/2/61. Withdrawn from service by A.S.A. 1/5/62. Sold 18/5/62 to Allegheny Airlines for $US400000. It departed Essendon 18/5/62, ferrying via Nadi-Canton Is.-Honolulu-San Francisco, arriving 19/5/62 (Captain E. W. P. Adams, K. Cooper & J. Campbell, Navigator W. C. Kennedy & Engineer L. Merity). For the ferry flight, the aircraft was fitted with fuel containers, strapped in the cabin & fuel was pumped to the main tanks. Struck-Off-Register 21/5/62. Reregistered N8421H 28/5/62. Converted to CV-580 standard 17/5/67. Delivered 23/8/67 & reregistered N5829 30/8/67. Sold to the National Bank of Detroit 29/11/76. Leased to Evergreen International Airlines 13/5/77, as N5829 �Jane�. Sold to Plymouth Leasing Co., 1/79, as N5829 �Jane�. Leased to US Airways (Emery Express) 6/79. Transferred to Interstate Airlines (Emery Express) in 1979. Reregistered N583PL to Interstate Airlines 24/6/81. Sold to Air Traffic Service Corp. 11/6/82. Leased to Summit Airlines, Inc. 11/83 & purchased 16/11/85. Reregistered N537SA 1/86. Delivered to European Air Transport (DHL) 22/9/87. OO-VGB (NTU). Reregistered OO-DHB 9/87, entering service 24/9/87. Leased to SwiftAir 6/3/95, as EC-830. Reregistered EC-GBF 6/95.

VH-BZI

Convair CV-440

-61 Metropolitan

459

ANS

A-ANA

B.A.T.

ANSW

A-ANA

00/10/57

21/10/57

00/08/59

19/12/59

15/07/60

20/10/57

00/08/59

18/12/59

14/07/60

04/05/62

N8420H

C-GGWF

(OO-VGI)

OO-DHL

EC-HMS

Bought new, for $US750000. Completed 23/8/57. Registered VH-BZI to Ansett Airways Pty. Ltd. 23/7/57 - 52 passengers. It was delivered to Ansett-ANA at San Diego 5/10/57. It was ferried via San Francisco-Honolulu-Canton Is & Nadi, arriving Essendon 15/10/57. It operated the last Airlines of NSW Convair service 14/7/60, Sydney-Coffs Harbour-Casino-Oakey & return. It was withdrawn from service by Ansett-ANA 4/5/62 & sold to Allegheny Airlines 5/5/62. It departed Essendon 5/5/62 & ferried via Nadi-Canto Island & Honolulu, arriving San Francisco 7/5/62. Struck-Off-Register 9/5/62. On arrival in the U.S. it was reregistered N8420H. Handed over 14/5/62. Converted to CV-580 standard & delivered/reregistered as N5811 28/4/66. Purchased by Commuter Airlines, Inc. 20/6/78. Transferred to Freedom Airlines, Inc. 7/9/82. Delivered to Air Ontario 16/10/84, as C-GGWF (Fleet Number 511). Converted to a freighter (CV-580F). Delivered to European Air Transport 22/1/88. Registration OO-VGI was NTU & it was instead reregistered OO-DHL. Sold to DHL Worldwide Courier 1/2/88, as OO-DHL. Leased to SwiftAir 5/00 & reregistered EC-HMS.

Regn

Type

MSN

Airline

Start

Service

End Service

New

Name

Notes

VH-BZM

Convair CV-440

-61 Metropolitan

465

ANS

A-ANA

Q.A.L.

A-ANA

00/11/57

21/10/57

00/03/60

20/10/57

00/03/60

01/06/62

N8422H

N5835

C-GGWH

ZK-JDQ

C-FZQS

C-FKFL

Bought new, for $US750000. Completed 16/9/57. Registered VH-BZM to Ansett Airways Pty. Ltd. 23/7/57 - 52 passengers. Delivered to Ansett-ANA at San Diego 24/10/57. It departed San Diego 25/10/57, ferrying via San Francisco-Honolulu-Canton Is. & Tontouta, arriving Essendon 30/10/57. Chartered by Butler Air Transport during 1958. Chartered by Queensland Airlines, on an ad-hoc basis, 1/9/59-12/59. It was leased by Queensland Airlines from Ansett-ANA during 3/60, to cover the late delivery of VH-FNE. Withdrawn from service by Ansett-ANA 1/6/62. Sold to Allegheny Airlines 6/62. Departed Essendon 1/6/62. On arrival in the U.S.A. it was reregistered N8422H 5/6/62. Struck-Off-Register 5/6/62. Converted to CV-580 standard from 20/10/67. Delivered 20/1/68. Reregistered N5835 7/2/68. Sold to Commuter Airlines, Inc. 28/7/78. Transferred to Freedom Airlines, Inc. 7/9/82. Delivered to Air Ontario 14/10/84 & reregistered C-GGWH (Fleet Number 535). Registered to Soundair Corp. 16/5/68. Leased to Air Toronto (Commuter Express) 4/88. Sold to Canair Cargo 11/91. Returned to Air Ontario 12/93. To Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter 1/94. Fitted with extra fuel tanks for ferry to N.Z. Delivered to Fieldair/Air Freight N.Z. 2/2/94. Reregistered ZK-JDQ. It was returned to Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter 24/12/96. Registered C-FZQS to Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter 21/3/97. Reregistered C-FKFL to Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter 4/97. Leased to Air Monarch Cargo, Mexico City 11/97. Returned to Kelowna Flightcraft 6/00. Placed in storage. Kelowna Flightcraft plans to either convert it to a full freighter with a 120" cargo door, or convert it into a Convair Water Bomber for Canadian Forestry Protection.

VH-BZN

Convair CV-440

-97 Metropolitan

449

A-ANA

ANSW

A.S.A.

AASA

00/12/57

19/12/59

13/03/60

01/01/68

18/12/59

25/02/60

30/12/67

14/02/72

N8445H

N103KA

City of Adelaide

Originally built in anticipation of an S.A.S. reorder (CV-440-75), which did not materialise. Completed 7/9/57. To General Dynamics Corp., as N8445H. Purchased by Ansett-ANA for $US750000. Delivered to Ansett-ANA 19/11/57. It departed San Diego 21/11/57, routing via San Francisco-Honolulu-Nadi, Noumea, arriving Essendon 26/11/57 (Capt. R. Sealey, M. Wheaton & Navigator W. C. Kennedy). Registered VH-BZN to Ansett Airways Pty. Ltd. 6/12/57 - 52 passengers. It was chartered by Queensland Airlines, on an ad-hoc basis, 9/59-3/12/59. To Airlines of South Australia 1/60. Registered to Airlines of South Australia 14/2/61. Inaugurated A.S.A.�s Adelaide-Kingscote, Kangaroo Is. service 13/12/60; landing on the newly-extended runway. It may have operated ad-hoc Ansett-ANA services, in A.S.A. colors, 1964-65. Flew Woomera-Adelaide with nose-wheel locked down 27/1/72. Ferried Adelaide-Essendon 14/2/72 (Capt. A. Crabb, A. Deed & F/O J. Evans). Sold to Jack M. Garfinkle (t/a South East Asia Air Transport), as N103KA. Struck-Off-Register 27/4/73. Leased (purchased?) by Khmer Akas/Air Cambodge 30/4/73 & named �Debbie�. It was badly damaged during a flight to Phnom Penh 17/1/75. Withdrawn from service at Bangkok &, during the late-1970s it was seen in a derelict condition at Bangkok. Scrapped at Bangkok 1981.

VH-BZO

Convair CV-440

-97 Metropolitan

450

A-ANA

Q.A.L.

00/12/57

00/09/59

00/11/59

N8446H

(N4923E?)

N6666C

MM61901

SM-22

31-22

Originally built in anticipation of a reorder by S.A.S. (CV-440-75), as for VH-BZN. Completed 24/7/57. To General Dynamics Corp. as N8446H. Purchased by Ansett-ANA for $US750000. It undertook acceptance flights & was accepted by Ansett-ANA 5/12/57. It departed San Diego 6/12/57, via San Francisco, Honolulu, Canton Is.-Tontouta, arriving Essendon 13/12/57. Registered VH-BZO to Ansett Airways Pty. Ltd. 20/12/57 - 52 passengers. It was chartered by Airlines of N.S.W. during 1959 & operated by Queensland Airlines 9/59-11/59, in the Ansett-ANA color scheme. Withdrawn from service by Queensland Airlines & delivered to Ansett-ANA 11/59 for sale. N4923E for Beldex Corp., Perryville, Mo. NTU? Sold 1/11/59 to Remmert Werner, who immediately sold it to the Coca Cola Co. Struck-Off-Register 24/11/59. It departed Essendon 25/11/59, routing via Nadi, Honolulu & San Francisco to St Louis (Capt. R. Stapleton, R. Sealey, B. Britton, Navigator W. C. Kennedy & Engineer Melvold). Reregistered N6666C 22/12/59. To the Italian Air Force 1/1/64, as MM61901. To SM-22 1/64 & finally 31-22 in 1976. Derelict at Roma-Ciampino 2/78-11/82. It was officially retired at Rome 12/11/82. Scrapped 26/11/87, at Rome.

Convair CV-440s (Cont.)