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ID 40956 Views: 575 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Wright Airlines Beechcraft E18S (Beech 18)	Cleveland - Burke Lakefront (BKL/KBKL) USA - Ohio, September -, 1967	Kenneth Koehn Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	Unknown (cn Unknown) After I showed my Dad my postcard of the Wright E18S on Opshots, he remembered this picture he took at the 1967 Cleveland Air Show and Races. Dads been holding out on me! Working again with Mr Robert Parmerter, we have narrowed this aircraft down to two of four operated by Wright. This ship is either N402FW, or N403FW. With the stairs being down and blocking the full reg number, the only way we will know for sure is to find another picture of N403FW to compare paint schemes and other minor differences. (N402FW is the subject of my postcard) I was standing right next to Dad when he took this photo, so I got to see this plane in person, though at 7 years old, I do not remember it. Cool stuff! Note the racing pylon over the nose of the E18S.

ID 40865 Views: 605 Photo Comments: 3	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Wright Airlines Beechcraft E18S (Beech 18)	() Unknown, - -, -	Kenneth Koehn Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N402FW (cn BA-136) This Wright Airlines Beech H-18 is pictured at Detroit City airport (I think) in an undated postcard from my collection. I have drawn a complete blank trying to find more info on this aircraft. Never knew Wright operated the type.

ID 33361 Views: 534 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Wright Airlines Convair 600-240D	Columbus - Port Columbus International (CMH/KCMH) USA - Ohio, February -, 1979	Bob Garrard Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N74850 (cn 74) Seen just after arriving at the gate on a chilly winter evening in CMH, this aircraft was delivered to AA as CV240 N94237 in June 1948. It was sold to Central Airlines in 1960 and rr, and converted to CV600 in August 1966. Wright leased the a/c in March, 1976, bought it in August, 1982 and it flew with them until June, 1984.

ID 33358 Views: 614 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Wright Airlines Convair 440 Metropolitan	Cleveland - Burke Lakefront (BKL/KBKL) USA - Ohio, May -, 1975	Bob Garrard Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N4402 (cn 484) Delivered new to Mohawk Airlines in 1959. Bought by Wright in March, 1972, and flew with them for about 4 years.

ID 33351 Views: 633 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Wright Airlines Convair 440 Metropolitan	Cleveland - Burke Lakefront (BKL/KBKL) USA - Ohio, May -, 1976	Bob Garrard Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N4403 (cn 461) Previously YU-ADK with JAT, and still wearing their colors, this was the second Convair to carry the N4403 registration, the other being cn486 which was N4403 with Mohawk.

ID 33350 Views: 613 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Wright Airlines Convair 440 Metropolitan	Cleveland - Burke Lakefront (BKL/KBKL) USA - Ohio, May -, 1972	Bob Garrard Contact
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	N4401 (cn 483) Delived new to Mohawk, then bought by Executive Airlines, and seen here in their colors after being bought by Wright.

ID 19205 Views: 983 Photo Comments: 14	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Wright Airlines Convair 440 Metropolitan	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, November -, 1975	NwFedEx 757 Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N4403 (cn 461) Wright Airlines in basic JAT Yugoslav color scheme parked on the A concourse in the fall of 1975

ID 18509 Views: 992 Photo Comments: 5	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Wright Airlines Convair 640	Cleveland - Burke Lakefront (BKL/KBKL) USA - Ohio, September 4, 1981	Kenneth Koehn Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N74855 (cn 46) My first of many slides to post, this CV-600 departs Burke on a gray September day. This aircraft originally served as a CV240 with American and Central Airlines, and after service with Wright Airlines was converted to a freighter and served with Kitty Hawk. Many thanks to my dad Carl for his assistance and use of his slide scanner.

ID 16832 Views: 830 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Wright Airlines Convair 440 Metropolitan	Cleveland - Burke Lakefront (BKL/KBKL) USA - Ohio, August -, 1977	NwFedEx 757 Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N4401 (cn 483) Her flying days over this "old colors" Wright Cv-440 sits behind their hangar at Burke Lakefront

ID 16298 Views: 905 Photo Comments: 3	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Wright Airlines Convair 600-240D	Cleveland - Burke Lakefront (BKL/KBKL) USA - Ohio, October -, 1980	NwFedEx 757 Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N74852 (cn 136) Hometown Wright Airlines taxiing out for her trip across the lake

ID 4339 Views: 747 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Wright Airlines Convair 440 Metropolitan	Cleveland - Burke Lakefront (BKL/KBKL) USA - Ohio, - -, -	trs299 Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N4401 (cn 483) One of our rare trips to Burke Lakefront. Probably there for the airshow. N4401 (cn 483) Delived new to Mohawk, then bought by Executive Airlines, and seen here in their colors after being bought by Wright. (1970's)

ID 2206 Views: 848 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Wright Airlines Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, - -, 1982	chrisjake Contact
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	N616KC (cn 110238) (Circa 1982.) Wright acquired this Bandit from Aeromech when the latter was purchased. it wears its new hybrid scheme here, seen parked with one of Wrights stalwart Convair 640's.

ID 1526 Views: 748 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Wright Airlines Convair 640	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, - -, 1985	Bernard Shakey Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N94249 (cn 106) Photo taken by the late Joe Perez. He would have loved this site. He would have loved the internet, for that matter. Joe was a pilot and ROTC student at Kent when his life ended way too soon in January of 1988.

ID 1518 Views: 971 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Wright Airlines Convair 640	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, - -, 1984	Bernard Shakey Contact
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	N74854 (cn 51) Two Convairs at the Wright "hub." Notice the background. If you've ever wondered why you hear the "old firehouse pad" from time to time, there's your answer. In the background is the old firehouse.

ID 1517 Views: 620 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Wright Airlines Convair 640	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, - -, 1984	Bernard Shakey Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	Unknown (cn Unknown) Cover your ears.

ID 1508 Views: 460 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Wright Airlines Convair 640	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, - -, 1985	Bernard Shakey Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	Unknown (cn Unknown) A frequent visitor to CLE and BKL in the 70s and 80s. The sound of the engines was deafening to those standing on the observation deck.

ID 347 Views: 911 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Wright Airlines Convair 640	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, - -, 1982	chrisjake Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N74855 (cn 46) (Circa 1982.) N74855, a Convair 600 of Wright Airlines poses off the B concourse in a classic early 80's scene. Wright was operating into CLE during a time when the runways at Burke Lakefront were undergoing reconstruction, and liked CLE so much they began some services here.