Cargo Plane Crash in Toledo, in other news, There was still an operation Convair 440

"My X-type is too a real Jaguar" (TomSlick) 09/11/2019 at 09:08 • Filed to: None

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Yes sad new s but I was very surprised by the plane type.

facw > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 09/11/2019 at 09:18

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Apparently they are out there: https://www.airliners.net/search?aircraftManufacturer=10&datePhotographed=2019&keywords=440&sortBy=dateAccepted&sortOrder=desc&perPage=36&display=detail

user314 > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 09/11/2019 at 09:28

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The FAA has 14 registered, mostly to IFL Group , though they themselves also own one for R&D .  

Grindintosecond > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 09/11/2019 at 09:43

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Unscheduled/contract air cargo charter companies are awash with old airplane types. Years ago I flew a defunct regional airline plane that only held 15 people to feed brown boxes across the northeast. But that was nothing compared to what Zantop and “ Trans- Auto” (Gulf & Ca r ibbean ) flew around. Lockheed Electras could take 40,000 pounds of axles to another assembly plant on a whim. Same with the Convair types, 440's, 58 0's, Trans-Auto runs a 64 0 out of Ypsilanti, MI . Big pal lets of sudden need get picked up by big planes with round engines or turboprops because what other cost effective answer to move such weights and sizes exist today? There’ s quite a few Beechcraft 1900 C and B models with belly pods running UPS feeder freight, but they don’t have the cargo door or internal size . Usual on the larger ones are turboprop conversions. But round engines are still reasonably reliable (I did not say maintenance free) and cylinders for round engines are still on warehouse shelves and cheap. They can still carry substantial loads for not much money at all. In fact, the reason the s e planes are still in use, are because they are free. All you do is buy the engines that are attached. That’s what the airframe is worth - scrap - because nobody has a use for a Convair round engine plane anymore beyond exactly this , cargo.

ttyymmnn > Grindintosecond 09/11/2019 at 12:22

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The historian inside me is smiling at “round engines.” Thanks for this reply.