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VH-BZG. Convair CV-340-36. c/n 33.
Construction completed - December 2, 1952 Delivered to Hawaiian Airlines Inc - becoming N5507K - December 12, 1952 Leased to Ansett Airways - November 16, 1956 to July 4, 1957 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-BZG - November 7, 1956 Departed Honolulu on delivery flight to Melbourne - November 11, 1956 Entered Ansett Airways service - in full Hawaiian Airlines colors & titles - November 16, 1956 Withdrawn from service - June 26, 1957 Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to Honolulu - June 27, 1957 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - July 4, 1957 Registered N5507K to Hawaiian Airlines - July 24, 1957 Sold to General Motors Corp (Allison Division) - January 1, 1959 Converted to CV-580 prototype with Allison 501-D13 engines and first flown as such - January 19, 1960 Transferred to General Motors Transport Section - September 2, 1961 Reregistered N5127H - September 11, 1970 Sold to Servicio Aereos Honduras SA (SAHSA) - becoming HR-SAY - May 19, 1971 Sold to Lineas Aereas Unidas SA, Mexico - February 1978 Reregistered XA-IAG - May 31, 1979 Badly damaged at Puerto Escondita, Oaxaca, Mexico - March 9, 1979 Sold to Jay Dee Aircraft Supply Co - becoming N5599J - February 19, 1980 Leased to Sin-Asia Air Services (Singapore) - June 24, 1980 Sold to Pemberthy Lumber Co, Los Angeles - October 10, 1980 Leased to Pacific National Airways Inc - 1981 Returned to lessor when Pacific National ceased operations Leased to Prinair - becoming N771PR - June 1982 Repossessed by Pemberthy Lumber - and reregistered N5599J - June 1985 Withdrawn from use and stored at Gainesville, Florida - August 10, 1986 Sold to Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter - 1990 Due to extensive corrosion aircraft was scrapped - parts being used in the prototype CV-5800 |
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VH-BZG. Hawaiian Airlines - in their full color scheme at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, November 1956. (Image 1029-007. B. Colledge Photograph) |
VH-BZG. Hawaiian Airlines - in their full color scheme at Launceston Airport, January 1957. (Image 1029-008. B. Colledge Photograph) |
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VH-BZG. Hawaiian Airlines - in their full color scheme at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, January 1957. (Image 1029-069. L. Wise Photograph) |
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