Convair 580, N270E / 202, Engelhard Industries
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Registration: N270E
Construction Number: 202
Model Convair 580
Operator: Engelhard Industries
Airport: London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), UK - England
Photographer: Brendan McCartney
Date Taken: 1965
Date Submitted: 23/05/2014
Picture taken mid-1960s; no exact date. [ABPIC notes: built in 1954 as Convair CV-340 N8431H, converted to Convair CV-440 in 2/55, re-reg as N776 then N270E, converted to Convair CV-580 2/64, to N278E 7/67 then N331G, N60FM, N8500, N30ER, N30EG. WFU 3/98 then to Mid Atlantic Air Museum (Reading, PA). Exported to Canada 8/2005 and converted to firebomber, became C-GSKJ 2/2006 operated by the Government of Saskatchewan. Destroyed in a fatal crash 27/4/2006 on take-off from La Ronge Airport, SK (YVC/CYVC) Canada.]
Picture ID:1453659