A96-313. Convair CV-440-78. c/n 313.


Construction completed as a Convair 440-78 - January 11, 1956

First flown as N8434H -

Registered to General Dynamics

Powered by Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CB-16 Double Wasp engines

Sold to Royal Australian Air Force

Accepted by the Royal Australian Air Force - April 30, 1956

Received by the R.A.A.F. - May 16, 1956

Issued to 86 Wing - May 17, 1956

Issued to No 34 Squadron V.I.P. Flight - October 5, 1956

Withdrawn from use - 1968

Sold to R.E. Naylor Jnr - May 7, 1968

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N733E

Delivered to U.S.A. - August 12, 1968

Sold to H.E. Weiss - September 1968

Sold to Omni Investment Corporation - February 1969

Sold to Comision Federal de Electricidad, Mexico - April 1969

Entered onto Mexican Aircraft Register as XC-DUZ

Reregistered XB-ROF

Withdrawn from use and stored - 1995

Final fate unconfirmed but believed to have been scrapped in Mexico