Convair 990 Coronado

[63]

Here is a beautiful oldtimer.

Convair 990 Coronado (Coronado was the name given by Swissair)

That was the time of original planes. Not just a fuselage with nose, tail and wings.
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/285096/L/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/239645/L/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/213716/L/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/182244/L/

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/182055/L/
Note the complete lack of any form of security at this time.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/236532/L/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/236533/L/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/234067/L/
Note freedom at airport no aerobridges, no security


http://www.airliners.net/open.file/317532/L/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/317531/L/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/229029/L/
note those clean engines

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/215542/L/
not hard to spot

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/188501/L/
at Oostende

Those beautiful wings, something else than winglets.
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/327737/L/


http://www.airliners.net/open.file/286206/L/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/341363/L/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/373771/L/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/329556/L/

Watch those aerodynamics.

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[meerkat]

Don't forget the Spantax "smokers"

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/444865/M/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/163732/M/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/138424/M/

Meerkat

[Avro]

Those are all very nice pictures, it's sad that I was never able to see one of those flying

Chris

[63]

Yes, those smokers, horror for the greens.

63

[Lien]

Yes the Convair 990 is a classy plane.

Lien !

[Robin_Bamps]

One of my biggest idols had a Convair 880 ... Elvis Presley. He is registered N880EP (nicknamed "Lisa Marie") and is standing near Graceland.

Picture:http://www.airliners.net/open.file/418927/L/

Regards, Robin Bamps.

[744rules]

The spantax convairs used to be a BRU visitor as well, together with the dc8 (long long time ago).
Am I getting old or nostalgic

[Lien]

Even a Swissair CV990 ever visited EBBR.

Lien !

[meerkat]

Robin

I was lucky enough to see Elvis's CV-880 at Fort Lauderdale in 1980 - not in as good codition then as it appears tobe now.

Meerkat

[qnnm]

Cv 880 at BRU
N880JT in Cathay Pacific c/s 24 jul 1976
N4339D General Dynamics, was a weekly visitor between may 1978 and somewhere in 1980

Cv990 at BRU
Besides the Spantax and Swissair visits, Modern Air (US) was also a regular visitor in the early 70's.

Desperately I'm looking for the reg of the Cv990 Garuda that landed on rwy 02 somewhere in the early 70's ??? Can someone HELP ?

[nwa757]

Note freedom at airport no aerobridges, no security

Here in GRB, many of the aircraft bord via airstairs instead of jetways.