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PH-CGD_1966-05_MUC_1290_AG

Photo taken by Artur Gagel, scan kindly provided for inclusion on this page.

München-Riem
ca. May 1966

PH-CGD (1)
Convair 640
104
Martin’s Air Charter (MAC)

Note: PH-CGD (2) is Netherlands Coast Guard De Havilland Canada DHC-8-102 Dash 8 c/n 28 active from September 2022.

PH-CGD with Martin’s Air Charter was noted at Riem still as a Convair 340 on 5 June 1965 and then on 13 May 1966 as a Convair 640. It returned several times during 1968. (Source: Klaus Held’s Riem chronicle)

Information from flickr - thanks to Ken Fielding (slightly shortened):
This aircraft was built as a Convair 340 and delivered new to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines as PH-TGD in Sep-53. It was re-registered PH-CGD in Apr-54 and converted to Convair 440 standard (without the radar) in late 1963. It was sold to Martin‘s Air Charter as PH-CGD in Jan-64. In Apr-66 it was again converted, this time to Convair 640 standard with Rolls Royce Dart turboprops.
It was sold in the USA as N111TA in Jul-71 to Omni International Corporation and started a second career as a 'Corporate' aircraft. It changed owners many times over the next 11 years (including 3 years with Jerry Lee Lewis) until it was bought by Wright Air Lines in Feb-82. It was re-registered by them in Jun-83 becoming N861FW.
In Aug-88 it was bought by Canada West Air as C-GCWY and leased to North Canada Air in Aug-90. It was sold back in the USA in Sep-93, to Century Airlines as N640CM. The aircraft was sold to Aeronaves TSM (Mexico) as XA-URL in Oct-12 and converted to a freighter with a main-deck cargo door. There is online photo evidence that it was still in service in Jan-18.

Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/PH-CGD/762683

This airframe as PH-TGD with KLM at MAN in January 1954:
www.airhistory.net/photo/8282/PH-TGD

PH-CGD with KLM at AMS in September 1957:
www.airhistory.net/photo/262578/PH-CGD

PH-CGD with KLM at HAJ in 1963 (later colours):
www.flickr.com/photos/trainsandstuff/52926284848

PH-CGD as a Convair 340 with Martin’s Air Charter at AMS in 1964:
www.flickr.com/photos/85783481@N04/8185470268

PH-CGD with Martinair Holland at LPL in October 1967:
www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding/16788680910

This airframe as N111TA at RDG in June 1976:
www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/000/913/913970.jpg

N111TA at Tucson-Ryan Field (RYN) in 1981:
www.flickr.com/photos/191692050@N04/52118787146

This airframe as N861FW with Wright Air Lines at TUS in October 1986:
www.airhistory.net/photo/149342/N861FW

This airframe as C-GCWY with Canada West Air at TUS in August 1988:
www.flickr.com/photos/guidojet/51669907105

This airframe as N640CM with C & M Airways at ELP in September 2010:
www.flickr.com/photos/jaydeekay/46631826375

This airframe as XA-URL with Aeronaves TSM at PHX in July 2017:
www.flickr.com/photos/158949556@N05/51375869875

Scan from black-and-white print.

Taken on: May 1, 1966

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