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The 580 looks like it would be a beautiful machine.
Flew the Allison engines on Electras and the Convair airframe on a Convair 640.
The 640 was a PIG. But I bet that 580 would be one sweet BIATCH.
NWA was still flying them in pax service at the time (87-89?) and I envied those airplanes.
The radial versions I know nothing about. I bet they were nice too.
Again the 640 was a PIG. Not a good match with the Rolls-Royce engines. "The Whistling Sh*T-House" we called her...couldn't hear a dam n thing, and it handled like KrAp...with NO power to spare!
But, alas, I loved her...much as I did ALL my Ex-Wives. She was one of my "firsts"..
YKW
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.