Convair 580, C-GDTE / 52, Great Lakes Airlines [Canada] (GX)
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Registration: C-GDTE
Construction Number: 52
Model Convair 580
Operator: Great Lakes Airlines [Canada] (GX)
Airport: Sarnia - Chris Hadfield Airport (YZR / CYZR), Canada - Ontario
Photographer: Mike Ody Collection via George Trussell
Date Taken: 1978
Date Submitted: 08/11/2014
Originally delivered to United Air Lines as a Convair 340 in 1953, it later served with Lake Central Airlines and Allegheny Airlines when it was converted to turbo power. Used by Great Lakes and Air Ontario from 1976 to 1988. Used in Europe as part of the DHL Package System as OO-DHE and EC-HLD before returning to the USA in 2006 as N588X, and most recently in Mexico as XA-TRB. - Location is a guess
Picture ID:1473215