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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:CV-580
    Last Military Serial:FAB-74 FABo
    Construction Number:CL-66B-4
    Last Civil Registration:YV-191T
    Compressed ID:Convair CV-580 sn FAB-74 FABo cn CL...
    Latest Owner or Location:Fuerza Aerea Boliviana

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CC-109 by Canadair at Montreal, QC.

    28 April 1960

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 11154.

    Circa April 1960

    To No. 412 (T) Squadron, RCAF Station Uplands, ON.

    Circa 1966

    Converted to a CV-580.
    Converted to CV-580 standard with Allison 501-D36 turboprops.

    By 1968

    Transferred to RCAF NORAD detachment, Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, CO.

    26 May 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Canadian Armed Forces with s/n 109154.

    Circa 1978


    Photographer: SMSGT. Dana Nichols (USAF Retire
    Notes: Photo taken at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska

    June 1994

    Withdrawn from use.

    1995

    Assigned to Air Maintenance Development Unit, CFB Trenton for storage.

    To unknown owner with c/r C-FNCT.
    Never flown.

    2001

    To Sankair International with new c/r 9U-CLU.

    To unknown owner with c/r 9XR-NB.

    To Aeroperlas with new c/r HP-1468.

    To Aeroperlas with new c/r HP1468A.

    By 2003

    To Aeroperlas with new c/r HP-1468APP.

    To unknown owner with c/r YV-191T.

    24 April 2006

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Fuerza Aerea Boliviana with s/n FAB-74.
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