Convair responded with the Model 110, which eventually evolved into the Model 240 when American Airlines requested pressurization, necessitating a complete airframe redesign. The Convair CV-240 ...

The aircraft - CV580 serial number 2 - is the oldest of the Convair 240/340/580/640/5800 series still flying. Flight's ACAS database says the aircraft was built in January 1952 and was delivered ...