This page shows my collection of postcards of the Convair CV 880/990 aircraft.

Quoted from Wikipedia:

The Convair 880 was a jet airliner produced by the Convair division of General Dynamics. It was designed to compete with the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 by being smaller and faster, a niche that failed to create demand. Only 65 Convair 880s were produced over the lifetime of the production run from 1959 to 1962, and General Dynamics eventually withdrew from the airliner market after considering the 880 project a failure.

The Convair 990 Coronado was a "stretched" version of their earlier Convair 880 produced in response to a request from American Airlines. The 990 was lengthened by 10 feet, which increased the number of passengers from between 88 and 110 in the 880, to between 96 and 121 (depending on the interior). This was still considerably fewer than the contemporary Boeing 707 (110 to 189) or Douglas DC-8 (105 to 173), although the 990 remained some 25 to 35 mph faster than either in cruise.

Role: Jet airliner
Manufacturer: Convair
First flight: 27 January 1959
Primary users 880: Trans World Airlines; Delta Air Lines; Japan Airlines; Swissair
Primary users 990: American Airlines
Produced 880: 1959-1962
Produced 990: 1961-1963
Number built 880: 65
Number built 990: 37

As for all my aircraft pages the postcards are grouped by airline:

Current number of postcards on this page: 2
Current number of airlines represented: 2

American Airlines (1)
Delta Air Lines (1)

This page was last updated on April 21, 2010