Convair CV-240 family

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The Convair CV-240 is an airliner designed and manufactured by the American aerospace company Convair. The 240 figure referred to the aircraft's twin engines and its capacity to carry up to 40 passengers. It originated as the Model 110 during the mid-1940s in response to a American Airlines requirement for an airliner to replace its ubiquitous Douglas DC-3. After being passed over for lacking cabin pressurization, Convair refined the aircraft into the Model 240. Performing its maiden flight on March 16, 1947, the type entered service with American, its launch customer, on February 29, 1948, becoming the first pressurized twin-engined airliner to enter service. Further development of the type took place across that late 1940s and into the 1950s, leading to the Model 340 and Model 440 Metropolitan amongst others. The CV-240 family made some inroads as a commercial airliner, for which nearly a dozen civil-oriented variants were designed. A further five aircraft were produced for the military...

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