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Convair CV-240 family is a airliner originating in United States. It was built by Convair. Reported operators include American Airlines (historical) Zantop International Airlines (historical), Air Chathams (historical).
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Airliner
Convair
In limited service
American Airlines (historical) Zantop International Airlines (historical), Air Chathams (historical)
1,076 (Convair) 10 (Canadair) 1,086 (total)
1947–1954
February 29, 1948 with American Airlines
March 16, 1947
Convair C-131 Samaritan Canadair CC-109 Cosmopolitan
2 or 3 flight deck crew
40
74 ft 8 in (22.76 m)
91 ft 9 in (27.97 m)
26 ft 11 in (8.20 m)
817 sq ft (75.9 m 2 )
25,445 lb (11,542 kg) (revised 29,500 lb (13,381 kg))
40,500 lb (18,370 kg) (revised 42,500 lb (19,278 kg))
1,000 US gal (3,785.41 L; 832.67 imp gal) - 1,550 US gal (5,867.39 L; 1,290.64 imp gal)
2 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CA3 Double Wasp / CA15 / CA18 / CB3 or CB16 18-cyl air-cooled radial engines , 2,400 hp (1,800 kW) each
3-bladed Hamilton Standard or Curtiss reversible pitch
315 mph (507 km/h, 274 kn)
280 mph (450 km/h, 240 kn) (maximum)
1,200 mi (1,900 km, 1,000 nmi)
16,000 ft (4,900 m)
1,520 ft/min (7.7 m/s)
The Convair CV-240 is an American airliner that Convair manufactured from 1947 to 1954, initially as a possible replacement for the ubiquitous Douglas DC-3 .
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Convair CV-240 family equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
ColombiaReported count for Convair 580. Service scope: National Army of Colombia; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 1. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Reported count for Convair 580. Service scope: National Army of Colombia; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 1. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
American Airlines (historical) Zantop International Airlines (historical), Air Chathams (historical)
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