On June 24, 1969, Japan Air Lines Flight 90, a CV-880-22M-3 (JA8028, Kikyo), crashed on takeoff from Grant County Airport, Washington, killing three of the five crew members. The flight was to simulate a takeoff with one engine out.

Sep 19, 2022 · The 880 was the fastest of the first-generation jet airliners. We could cruise it at Mach .85 and the Mmo was .88. Some thought that is where Convair came up with the number 880. Others thought it was because the passenger cabin had 88 seats and 88 windows. Your guess is as good as mine…

Convair Cv-880, N815AJ formerly of TWA is the last intact 880 at the Mojave Airport on September 10, 2001. Its Convair construction number is 22-00-35. It was delivered to TWA as N828TW in 1961 and retired in 1974.

Designed to contest with narrow body airliners such as Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8, the Convair 880 is an American single-aisle jetliner manufactured by Convair. It is compact in size but flies faster compared to other competing aircraft of its kind.

Jun 14, 2024 · The Convair 880 was a narrowbody jetliner produced to compete with the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 in the mid-1950s. The aircraft performed its first flight in January 1959 and entered commercial service with Delta Air Lines in May 1960.

Announced in April 1956, the Convair 880 was produced as a medium-range jet transport. It was built in two versions: the 880 Model 22 basic model with 49.8kN General Electric CJ-805-3 turbojet engines, flown for the first time on 27 January 1959; and the 880 Model 22-M with 51.8kN CJ-805-3B turbojets, power-boosted rudder and four leading-edge ...

Feb 10, 2025 · The Convair 880 was a four-engine, swept-wing turbojet-powered commercial airliner. It was operated by a flight crew of three and could carry up to 110 passengers. The Convair 880-22-M was a modified version of the standard 880-22, …

Aircraft: Convair CV-880; Serial #: 22-00-14; Photo date: 1972-04-07; Uploaded: 2023-04-23

Aug 15, 2019 · Watch an old Convair CV-880 take off in all of its four engine smokey glory. These old planes were never as popular as Boeing or Airbus models. Cool stuff.

Jan 27, 2024 · The Convair 880, manufactured by General Dynamics' Convair division, was a narrow-body jet airliner of American origin. It was designed to compete with the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 by offering a smaller but faster alternative.