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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:CV-5800
    Last Military Serial:141026 USN
    Construction Number:340-309
    Last Civil Registration:N371FL
    Compressed ID:Kelowna Flightcraft CV-5800 sn 1410...
    Latest Owner or Location:Oakland County International Airport, Pontiac, Michigan

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    Dates

    Event

    1956

    Constructed as a R4Y-1.

    1 June 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 141026.

    1962

    Redesignated as C-131F.

    14 May 1975

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 1G001.

    15 May 1975


    Photographer: Peter B Lewis
    Notes: At Davis Monthan

    30 January 1980

    To Leroy W Richards with new c/r N5594M.

    20 January 1981

    To Time Aviation Services Inc, Sun Valley, CA keeping c/r N5594M.

    To Time Aviation Services Inc, Sun Valley, CA keeping c/r N5594M.

    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: This photo was taken at Davis-Monthan, unsure whether it was in MASDC or in one of the Scrapyards.

    14 April 1992

    Civil registration, N5594M, cancelled.
    Exported to Canada.

    15 April 1992

    To Flightcraft Charter with new c/r C-FNLZ.

    Converted to a CV-5800 by Kelowna Flightcraft at Canada.

    Circa May 1992

    To Kelowna Flightcraft, Kelowna, BC.
    Placed in storage at Kelowna.

    27 July 1998


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 1998 picture at Kelowna, British Columbia in storage

    29 November 2000

    To Ifl Group Inc, Waterford, MI with new c/r N371FL.

    8 January 2001

    Certificate of airworthiness for N371FL (340, 309) issued.

    To Oakland County International Airport, Pontiac, MI.
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    1 January 2008

    Certificate of airworthiness for N371FL (340, 309) issued.
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    Print Sources
     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    The AMARC Experience
    Transport Canada
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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