Convair 240

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airliner pressurized aircraft twin‑engine aircraft

The Convair 240 is a twin‑engine, pressurized short- to medium-haul airliner introduced in the late 1940s and widely used by airlines and military operators around the world.

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Label Occurrences
Convair 240 canonical 4
Convair 240 airliner 1
Convair 340 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airliner ⓘ
pressurized aircraft ⓘ
twin‑engine aircraft ⓘ
aircraftCategory civil transport aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ
aircraftFamily Convair 240 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Convair CV-240 family
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crew 3 ⓘ
cruiseSpeed ~280 mph ⓘ
designedAs DC-3 replacement ⓘ
developedFrom Douglas DC-3 replacement requirement ⓘ
engineModel Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp ⓘ
engineType piston engine ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1947-03-16 ⓘ
firstOperator American Airlines ⓘ
fuselageType pressurized ⓘ
height 26 ft 11 in ⓘ
introduced 1948 ⓘ
late 1940s ⓘ
landingGear retractable tricycle landing gear ⓘ
length 74 ft 5 in ⓘ
manufacturer Convair ⓘ
maximumSpeed ~317 mph ⓘ
maximumTakeoffWeight 42500 lb ⓘ
militaryDesignation HC-131 Samaritan ⓘ
surface form: C-131 Samaritan

T-29 ⓘ
notableFeature first Convair pressurized airliner ⓘ
numberOfEngines 2 ⓘ
passengerCapacityRange 40–48 ⓘ
primaryUsers American Airlines ⓘ
KLM ⓘ
Pan American World Airways ⓘ
Swissair ⓘ
Western Airlines ⓘ
productionStart late 1940s ⓘ
propulsionType propeller-driven ⓘ
range ~1300 mi ⓘ
role short- to medium-haul airliner ⓘ
serviceCeiling 25000 ft ⓘ
status largely retired from airline service ⓘ
out of production ⓘ
successor Convair 340 ⓘ
Convair 440 ⓘ
typicalPassengerCapacity 40 ⓘ
usedBy Royal Netherlands Air Force ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
various military operators worldwide ⓘ
wingArea 984 sq ft ⓘ
wingspan 91 ft 9 in ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Convair → notableProduct → Convair 240 ⓘ
Convair → notableProduct → Convair 240 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Convair 340
Convair T-29 → developedFrom → Convair 240 ⓘ
Convair T-29 → basedOn → Convair 240 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Convair 240 airliner
Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp → usedInAircraft → Convair 240 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Convair CV-240
Convairliner series → notableSeriesMember → Convair 240 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Convair CV‑240
Convairliner series → notableSeriesMember → Convair 240 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Convair CV‑340
Convair 240 → aircraftFamily → Convair 240 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Convair CV-240 family
T-29 → basedOn → Convair 240 ⓘ
T-29 → variantOf → Convair 240 ⓘ