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ID 35418 Views: 611 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Air Tahoma Convair 580F	Columbus - Rickenbacker International (Lockbourne AFB / ANGB) (LCK/KLCK) USA - Ohio, February 4, 2012	Cole Goldberg Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	Unknown (cn Unknown)

ID 35417 Views: 679 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Air Tahoma Convair 580F	Columbus - Rickenbacker International (Lockbourne AFB / ANGB) (LCK/KLCK) USA - Ohio, February 4, 2012	Cole Goldberg Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N585P (cn 163) An old rotting N585P is seen at KLCK during dusk.

ID 21103 Views: 649 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Air Tahoma Convair VT-29B (CV 240)	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, - -, 1998	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N99380 / N94246 (cn 249) A couple of veteran cargo birds sit on the ramp back in 1998, the Kitty Hawk bird is Convair 600, N94246. Interesting to see some of the old Northwest equipment in the foreground, as well as a potty wagon.

ID 19218 Views: 585 Photo Comments: 3	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Air Tahoma Convair 580F	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, July -, 2001	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N581P (cn 29) This Air Tahoma Convair 580 is taxiing out for departure on a nice July morning at Hopkins in 2001. This is the first shot of this plane in these old colors in the database, and it's also interesting to note the old "hills" on the southwest side of the field that were there for years before being removed for the new runway 06L/24R.

ID 18281 Views: 564 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Air Tahoma Convair 580F	Memphis - Memphis International (MEM/KMEM) USA - Tennessee, April 20, 2001	N960DL Contact
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	N582P (cn 475) Air Tahoma Convair 580 N582P is seen at MEM April 20, 2001.

ID 18247 Views: 613 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Air Tahoma Convair VT-29B (CV 240)	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, - -, 1997	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N156PA (cn 324) One of my favorite Air Tahoma birds, I ran across it some ten years later at Rickenbacker in derelict condition. (Click on registration to see it now.)

ID 14803 Views: 502 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Air Tahoma Convair 580F	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, August 5, 2004	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N581P (cn 29) Back when Air Tahoma used to do services for DHL at Hopkins with their mixed fleet of Convair-liners, 580's were almost a daily sight.

ID 7753 Views: 586 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Air Tahoma Convair 580F	Miami - International (MIA/KMIA) USA - Florida, February 14, 2008	N960DL Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N581P (cn 29) Unmarked Air Tahoma Convair 580 N581P departs MIA February 14, 2008. This aircraft started its life as Convair 340 N73119 "Mainliner Des Moines" with United Airlines.

ID 7511 Views: 579 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Air Tahoma Convair 580F	Columbus - Rickenbacker International (Lockbourne AFB / ANGB) (LCK/KLCK) USA - Ohio, September 29, 2007	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N73104 (cn 4) The sun has definitely set for this old Convair. This old bird last saw airline service with Aspen Airways and United Express before being converted to freighter status and now sits forlorn in Columbus slowly being stripped of all useful parts. September 29, 2007

ID 7510 Views: 582 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Air Tahoma Convair 580F	Columbus - Rickenbacker International (Lockbourne AFB / ANGB) (LCK/KLCK) USA - Ohio, September 29, 2007	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N73126 (cn 53) A search on this site for this registration will come up with a photo I took some years ago when this ex-Frontier and Aspen Convair was still flying and looking sharp. It was sad to see her ending her days here in Columbus rotting away at Air Tahoma\\\'s maintenance facility, but at least we know that it lives on as an \\\"organ donor\\\" to keep her brethren airborne. September 29, 2007

ID 6354 Views: 549 Photo Comments: 3	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Air Tahoma Convair 580F	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, May 1, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N584E (cn 24) I miss Air Tahoma's Convairs. They were regular sights here for quite a while, and now we are lucky to see a Convair at all. May 1, 2005

ID 6241 Views: 485 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Air Tahoma Convair 580F	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, August 19, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N582P (cn 475) Departing on a nice morning when Air Tahoma used to operate out of Cleveland, this Convair 580 is still active flying services for DHL. August 19, 2005

ID 5865 Views: 529 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Air Tahoma Convair VT-29B (CV 240)	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, - -, 1997	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N156PA (cn 324) Old, but very much alive, I would run into this old friend again ten years later at Rickenbacker in Columbus. Now derelict and minus engines, it was sad to see. 1997

ID 5532 Views: 501 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Air Tahoma Convair 580F	Columbus - Rickenbacker International (Lockbourne AFB / ANGB) (LCK/KLCK) USA - Ohio, September 29, 2007	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N73104 (cn 4) The fourth Convair 340 built, this airframe was converted to 580 status with Allison turboprop engines and flew for a long time with Aspen Airways as well as United Express during its heyday. Here it sits slowly fading away at Rickenbacker in Columbus Ohio. September 29, 2007

ID 5531 Views: 544 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Air Tahoma Convair VT-29B (CV 240)	Columbus - Rickenbacker International (Lockbourne AFB / ANGB) (LCK/KLCK) USA - Ohio, September 29, 2007	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N156PA (cn 324) I knew this plane pretty well back in the 90's when it was a frequent visitor to Hopkins. I have some shots of this plane here in the database (search for N156PA) from its happier days, but here, parked next to EC-GSJ, it would seem that it is slowly being broken up here at Rickenbacker. September 29, 2007

ID 4237 Views: 983 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Air Tahoma Convair VT-29B (CV 240)	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, - -, 1997	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N99380 (cn 249) Maneuvering on the cargo ramp, I caught this same Convair here in an all white scheme some eight years after this shot, and is apparently still active flying cargo.

ID 3815 Views: 513 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Air Tahoma Convair 580F	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, September 30, 2003	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N585P (cn 163) Boy, has this plane been around! Built in 1954 and pictured here in Cleveland in 2003, this Convair is still active to this day flying for Air Tahoma out of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) on behalf of Vasco (Vietnam Air Services Co.) September 30, 2003

ID 3239 Views: 501 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Air Tahoma Convair 580F	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, - -, -	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N582P (cn 475) (Late 1990s) This Air Tahoma Convair is unloading its cargo early in the morning at the freight ramp in Cleveland. This Convair is nicknamed "Bossy".

ID 2783 Views: 489 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Air Tahoma Convair 580F	Miami - International (MIA/KMIA) USA - Florida, February 26, 2007	N960DL Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N587X (cn 361) Air Tahoma Convair 580 N587X departs runway 26R at MIA February 26, 2007.

ID 2305 Views: 600 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Air Tahoma Convair 580F	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, May 1, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N584E (cn 24) Do they make props any prettier than this? I just love the big square tipped props! Sitting on the cargo ramp in the spring of 2005 after a night of cargo hauling. I really miss these guys. May 1, 2005