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-40 seats
-240 mph
-41,790 lb. max. gross take-off weight
-1000 mile range
-2 Pratt & Whitney R 2800 Engines. (2000hp)
-75ft Length
-27ft Height
-92ft Span

Pressurized twin engine aircraft.

First flew July 3, 1947. Altogether 553 were sold. 

This plane flew for about 10 years with most of its routes in the West Indies.

Pan Am sold their entire fleet of Convair’s in the late 1950’s.

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