The Convair 880 is a retired American narrow-body jet airliner produced by the Convair division of General Dynamics. It was designed to compete with the...
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2023. The company also entered the jet airliner business with its Convair 880 and Convair 990 designs. These were smaller than contemporary aircraft like...
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company General Dynamics. It was a stretched version of its earlier Convair 880 produced in response to a request from American Airlines: the 990 was...
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the Convair 880 airliner, and the CJ805-23 (military designation TF35) a turbofan derivative which powered the Convair 990 Coronado variant of the 880. Turbojet...
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November 1975, her father named one of his private aircraft, a converted Convair 880 jet, after her. He spent more than $1 million refurbishing it to use...
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required for the upcoming Boeing 707. The company decided to pursue the Convair 880 series airliner instead. Data from General characteristics Crew: 5 (two...
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1972 Chicago–O'Hare runway collision (category Accidents and incidents involving the Convair 880)
Claude F. Fletcher (29), as well as four flight attendants. Operating Convair CV-880 N8807E, it departed Tampa at 3:41 p.m. EST on December 20, 1972, and...
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Douglas DC-6Bs to the company, as well as an order for a Convair 880-22M. Viasa boosted their Convair 880 order by purchasing another one. The airline flew the...
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Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z (category Accidents and incidents involving the Convair 880)
flight from Singapore to Hong Kong operated by Cathay Pacific using a Convair CV-880 aircraft that crashed in Pleiku, then in South Vietnam on the afternoon...
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the Convair 880.[citation needed] In 1967, it became an all jet airline with the replacement of its last Lockheed L-188 Electra with a Convair 880. In...
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