Where to fly a Convair 580??

[QuasarZ]

Just curious if anyone knows if there are some CV-580's still cruising around. I would love to fly one of those. I am not a big fan of this SJS crap, it makes me sick, cannot stand it. Anyhow, other than IFL group, is there anyone else?

Thanks a lot. I posted this in the majors cause I figure there would be some older folks in here that maybe appreciate the good ole' beast

 

[LR25]

Dont know if they have 580's, but a place in harligen, TX had some Convairs.

 

[AngelKing]

Just curious if anyone knows if there are some CV-580's still cruising around. I would love to fly one of those. I am not a big fan of this SJS crap, it makes me sick, cannot stand it. Anyhow, other than IFL group, is there anyone else?

Thanks a lot. I posted this in the majors cause I figure there would be some older folks in here that maybe appreciate the good ole' beast

There's always Air Tahoma. Let the flaming begin!


AK

 

[727C47]

IFL Group,is probably the best place to fly them in the lower 48.

 

[labatt]

Quasar,

I like the way you think, good man. I heard that the old 580 was one hell of an airplane. Ask a guy that has flown one about it and you can't whipe the smile off his face. I know ERA had a few of them.

 

[hyperboy]

580

Cv 240's, 340's, and 440's...Now people are smiling!

 

[QuasarZ]

Quasar,

I like the way you think, good man. I heard that the old 580 was one hell of an airplane. Ask a guy that has flown one about it and you can't whipe the smile off his face. I know ERA had a few of them.

haha yea, my dad has so many stories about them, said they were a blast to fly!

 

[AK737FO]

It has been over a decade ago for me now and I still get a smile on my face when I think of the mighty 580. 105 feet of wing and no hydraulic boost on the flight controls - it was all you baby, cables and pulleys. I can remember going home with sore arms after a long day of flying to Kodiak and Valdez and fighting the winter weather. We use to train in VDZ, do the LDA single engine, miss and what do you know hydraulic failure on the miss so the gear stays down - she would climb up out of the canyon without breaking a sweat. Water/meth takeoffs in the summer out of Kodiak were always a blast too. 4000 ponys per side - the only airplane I have ever flown with almost to much power. Here is to the "heavy equipment" operators - 580 drivers!

 

[Duke of Ale]

There is an outfit in Pontiac, Michigan that flies auto parts with 580's. I flew my first Capt's trip in an Allegheny 580 back in '69.

 

[waterski]

Theres a company in Puero Rico if don't mind flying older airplanes overwater. the name is Four Stars
they fly CV 240,440 also DC3.