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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:CV-240-14
    Construction Number:240-131
    Last Civil Registration:N8305C
    Compressed ID:Convair CV-240-14 cn 240-131 cr N83...
    Latest Owner or Location:China Aviation Museum, Xiaotanzhanzen (previously Datang Shan), Beijing

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CV-240-14.

    By 1949

    Assigned civil registration: XT-610

    From Unknown to Circa October 1949

    Operated by Central Air Transport Corporation (CATC), China.

    By 9 November 1949

    Markings Applied: XT-610, XT-610
    Black and white photo appears to show same markings as current with the exception that there are no Chinese characters on the nose.

    9 November 1949

    Defected from Hong Kong to the Peoples Republic of China. Flown by Col CY Liu. There is documented photographic evidence on cnac.org.

    To Civil Air Transport Inc, Dover, DE with new c/r N8305C (240, 131).
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    7 October 1965

    Civil registration, N8305C, cancelled.

    By July 1992

    Placed on display with China Aviation Museum, Xiaotanzhanzen (previously Datang Shan), Beijing.
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    By July 1992

    Markings Applied: XT-610, XT-610
    Grey overall c/s, white cheat line, white disc with red Chinese character inside on rear fuselage. Chinese flag on tail. NATC on front of nose. XT-610 on nose and tail. Beijing in Chinese characters on nose.

    By 31 January 2000

    Markings Applied: XT-610, XT-610
    By 2000 the Chinese flag had been removed from the tail.

    31 January 2000


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    6 November 2008


    Photographer: Alec Wilson
    Notes: Former Taiwan airliner, captured by Peoples Republic of China Armyand now the China Aviation Museum, Xiaotangshanzen, Datang Shan, Beijing, China. Photo displayed with written permission of Alec Wilson

    26 April 2014


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
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