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3. CONVAIR-440 known as the METROPOLITAN..

Wed Sep 11, 2019, 09:49 AM

Sep 2019

great aircraft in the 240, 340, etc series... from the mid-1950s.. last, I think, of the WASP engines before Convair went to turboprops...

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Cargo plane crashes, burns near Toledo airport [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 2019 OP

Nothing on this today. democratisphere Sep 2019 #1

Two killed when cargo plane crashes near Toledo Express Airport Eugene Sep 2019 #2

CONVAIR-440 known as the METROPOLITAN.. pangaia Sep 2019 #3

Crashed in good weather conditions close to the airport Major Nikon Sep 2019 #4

It was this 62 year old Convair. Gumboot Sep 2019 #6

great aircraft pangaia Sep 2019 #9

Specs oneshooter Sep 2019 #8