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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:CV-580
    Construction Number:440-473
    Last Civil Registration:C-FNRC
    Compressed ID:Convair CV-580 cn 440-473 cr C-FNRC...
    Latest Owner or Location:Government of Canada, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON

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    Dates

    Event

    1957

    Constructed as a CV-440-3.

    31 October 1957

    To Bethlehem Steel Corporation with new c/r N920BS.

    September 1965

    Converted to a CV-580.

    September 1965

    To Bethlehem Steel Corporation keeping c/r N920BS.

    December 1970

    To SKA Inc with new c/r N916R.

    May 1972

    To Thomas Road Baptist Church keeping c/r N916R.

    1973

    To Omni International Corporation keeping c/r N916R.

    8 August 1973

    To Government of Canada, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON with new c/r CF-NRC.

    20 September 1973

    Civil registration, N916R, cancelled.

    1 February 1974

    To Government of Canada, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON with new c/r C-FNRC.

    18 August 2004

    To Government of Canada, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON keeping c/r C-FNRC.

    6 February 2016


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: At Victoria, British Columbia
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