1949 - 1957

Convair, which is a contraction of Consoldated-Vultee Aircraft, was located in San Diego, and produced sam famous planes for the military. The civilian Convair-Liner project started with the CV-110 prototype, but American Airlines convinced Convair to alter it into the CV-240. After aborted negotiations with TWA and Eastern for a "Super 240", Convair realized that airlines were not going to accept their current offering, and developed a plane very similar to the cancelled Super 240, and called it the CV-340. The CV-340 earned an enviable reputation for reliability and profitability, and was also popular in South America. The final piston-powered development of the Convair-Liner was the CV-440 Metropolitan, which was 5 mph faster and quieter than the CV-340. Swissair has taken delivery of Eight CV-240, which were later replaced by the CV-440 Metropolitan

HB-IRP	Convair 240-11 # 113	11.02.1949 10.01.1957	Graubünden Delivered new to Swissair in 1949 as HB-IRP. Later sold to Mohawk Airlines as N1013C. Was later sold and scrapped.
HB-IRS	Convair 240-11 # 132	18.02.1949 10.05.1957	Glarus Delivered new to Swissair in 1949 as HB-IRS. Later sold to Mohawk Airlines as N1017C. Was later sold and scrapped.
HB-IRT	Convair 240-11 # 133	17.02.1949 18.10.1956	Appenzell This aircraft was delivered to Swissair in 1949 as HB-IRT. After serving with them, it was purchased by Mohawk Airlines in October 1956 and registered as N1018C. It was leased to Transocean Air Lines (TALOA) from November 1956 to April 1957. Mohawk retained ownership of the aircraft until January 1967. There are conflicting reports as to the fate of the aircraft. It may have been scrapped in 1982 or it may have been re-registered as N280P and is in storage in North Las Vegas, NV, owned by the Castle Museum Foundation. History of HB-IRT
HB-IRV	Convair 240-11 # 134	28.02.1949 02.11.1956	Neuchâtel Delivered new to Swissair in 1949 as HB-IRV. Later sold to Mohawk Airlines as N1019C. Was later sold and scrapped.
HB-IRW	Convair 240-4 # 61	28.11.1953 19.06.1954	Ticino Former PH-TEA at KLM, Sold to Swissair as HB-IRW on november 28th 1953 for CHF 2'270'000. Crashed in English Channel off Folkstone en-route Geneva - London on June 19th, 1954 Fuel exhaustion over the English Channel forced the crew to ditch the aircraft. All occupants were able to escape, but 3 non-swimmers drowned because of there had been no life-saving equipment on board. Complete loss of power of both engines through fuel exhaustion is attributed to negligence on the part of both pilots, which had forgotten to 'fill her up' in London.
HB-IRY	Convair 240-4 # 111	17.11.1953 25.08.1956	Luzern Former KLM PH-TEE. Sold to Swissair on november 17th, 1953 for CHF 2'249'000. Sold to Mohawk Airlines in August '56 as N1012C. Was later sold and scrapped
HB-IRZ	Convair 240-4 # 124	12.12.1953 10.10.1956	Valais Former KLM PH-TEH. Sold to Swissair on December 12th 1953 for CHF 2'249'000. Then sold to Mohawk Airlines on October 10th, 1956 as N1014C. Was later sold and scrapped
HB-IMA	Convair 240-4 # 144	07.07.1954 29.08.1956	Ticino Former KLM PH-TEL. Changed Registration to PH-CEL in 1954 and was sold to Swissair on July 7th same year ofr CHF 2'089'000. Sold to Mohawk Airlines on August 29th, 1956. Flew with Trans Florida Airlines afterwards.

HB-IR?	HB-IMS (non-SR)

• Convair 240 Production List
• History of the EX-KLM CV-240's
• History of the CV-240

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