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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:440-399
    Last Civil Registration:N565EA
    Compressed ID:Convair CV-580 cn 440-399 cr N565EA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Chathams, Auckland International Airport (north side), Auckland, Auckland, North Island

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    Dates

    Event

    1957

    Constructed as a CV-440-83.

    15 February 1957

    Certificate of airworthiness for N565EA (440, 399) issued.

    5 March 1957

    To Union Oil Company of California with new c/r N98G.

    16 August 1957

    To Gulf Oil Corporation keeping c/r N98G.

    November 1961

    Converted to a CV-580.

    November 1961

    To Gulf Oil Corporation keeping c/r N98G.

    21 December 1967


    Photographer: Danny Tanner
    Notes: At London Heathrow

    31 March 1971

    To Rowan Drilling Company Inc with new c/r N98GL.

    25 February 1977

    To RDC Marine Inc with new c/r N57RD {1}.

    April 1996

    To Era Aviation Inc, Anchorage, AK with new c/r N565EA.

    26 April 2005

    To unknown owner with c/r N565EA.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Waitangicheatham.

    13 June 2005

    Civil registration, N565EA, cancelled.
    Exported to New Zealand.

    13 June 2005

    To unknown owner with c/r N565EA.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Waitangicheatham.

    To Air Chathams Limited, Chatham Islands with new c/r ZK-CIE (Allison Convair 440/580, 399).

    Based at Air Chathams, Auckland International Airport (north side), Auckland, Auckland, North Island.
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    1 January 2015

    Certificate of airworthiness for N565EA (440, 399) issued.

    1 January 2015

    To unknown owner with c/r N565EA.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Waitangicheatham.

    26 February 2015


    Photographer: Peter Mole
    Notes: At Tauranga Airport, NZ

    26 March 2016


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Arrived on a charter, with visitors for the 2016 Warbirds Over Wanaka Airshow, Otago, New Zealand

    31 March 2018


    Photographer: Keith Bollands
    Notes: Visiting the 2018 Warbirds Over Wanaka show.

    23 June 2022

    Civil registration, ZK-CIE, cancelled.
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     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
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     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    AMCAR
    Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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