Convair 240

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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.

All labels observed (7)

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf airliner
pressurized aircraft
twin‑engine aircraft
aircraftCategory civil transport aircraft
aircraftConfiguration low-wing monoplane
aircraftFamily Convair CV-240 family
linked to: Convair 240
countryOfOrigin 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 C-131 Samaritan
linked to: HC-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

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Convair notableProduct Convair 240
Convair notableProduct Convair 340
linked to: Convair 240
Convair T-29 developedFrom Convair 240
Convair T-29 basedOn Convair 240 airliner
linked to: Convair 240
Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp usedInAircraft Convair CV-240
linked to: Convair 240
Convairliner series notableSeriesMember Convair CV‑240
linked to: Convair 240
Convairliner series notableSeriesMember Convair CV‑340
linked to: Convair 240
Convair 240 aircraftFamily Convair CV-240 family
linked to: Convair 240
T-29 basedOn Convair 240
T-29 variantOf Convair 240