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Low-wing cantilever me plane having an all-metal structure stressed-skin covering and ther anti-icing.THE USAF MODEL 240, T-29 AND C-131 AIRCRAFT TYPE

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The prototype model 240, serial number 1, NX90849, had made its first flight on 16 March 1947, Production aircraft started rolling on 7 Dec. After the testing and commercial economic studies were completed, the model 110 was scrapped on 30 Sept. The 110, similar in appearance to the 240 with the exception of its gull-wing, made its first flight on 8 July 1946 at San Diego, Calif. The 240 was developed directly from the experience gained in producing and testing the experimental model 110. The Convair model 240 (two engines and forty passengers) was conceived directly after World War Two as a DC-3 replacement for use on the trunk lines of America (1,000 miles or less). Today, 37 years later, the Convair-Liner continues to fly on both civilian and military rosters, attesting to its reliability throughout the years. Civil production had stopped at 518 examples, giving the Convair-Liners a production run of 1086. This aircraft was the last of 568 military Convair-Liners built. Military production eventually eclipsed civil production with the last Convair-Liner built being a military Canadair CL-66B, serial number 11160 which was delivered on 3 March 1961. The first military Convair-Liner was accepted on 8.

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Liner, the model 110, in flight over Southern ( (Convair).ДEVELOPMENT The T-29/C-131/R4Y series of aircraft was one of the military's many cost-saving examples of purchasing existing civil and commercial designs for their utility and transport needs.

Timson, Nolan Tucker, John Wegg, Nick Williams and Dan Wolverton. Simons, Larry Smalley, Paul Stevens, Charles Stewart, William Swisher, D.G.

Larkins, Bob Lawson, Don Linn, Terry Love, Peter Marson, Dave Menard, Peter Mersky, Stephen Miller, Doug Olson, David Ostrowski, Mike O'Rourke, Lionel Paul, George Dorr, John Elliott, Ted Gibson, Robert Gordon, Bob Gorga, Roy Grossnick, Dan Hagedorn, Mike Herrill, Gene Holmberg, Jack Isabel, Meyers Jacobsen, William T. 90277.Д¬ONTRIBUTORS Rick Alexander, Hal Andrews, Dana Bell, Roger Besecker, Ben Burger, Jim Burridge, Bude Donato, Robert F. These kits can be purchased directly from Execuform at 721 N. Execuform produces two vacu-form kits, a model 240 (T29/C-131 A) and a model 340/440/540/580 (C-131 B/H) which are described later in the book.

In addition to the many contributors listed below, special thanks are extended to Mike Herrill of Execuform models for providing me with his scale three-view drawi ngs of the T-29/C-131 series of aircraft. Membership can be obtained by writing: AAHS 2333 Otis, Santa Ana, Ca. and Canadian members and $30.00 for foreign members. The Society provides four Journals and four Newsletters a year to its members. Nick is a frequent contributor to the AAHS Journal, which is the best source of information on American aviation I know of. These articles originally appeared in the Fall 1985 and the Winter 1980 issues of the American Aviation Historical Society Journal.

His stories on the history of the Navy COnvairs and on the Air Force YC-131 Cs were the impetus which started this project. This book's contents was aided immensely by Nick Williams once again (see Naval Fighters #13 Douglas F4D Skyray). INTRODUCTION For the fourth lime Naval Fighters has foresaken the fighter and produced a book on a very interesting prop-job. FRONT COVER - R4Y-'1/C-131F (EC131F) 141024 from the Naval Missile Center, Point Mugu, Calif.

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