Duke From Canada, joined Sep 1999, 1132 posts, RR: 2 Posted (7 years 9 months 2 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 1283 times:
There are or were four Convair 880/990s preserved at the Mojave airport as follows:
-CV880 c/n 23, ex-Northeast, owned by the Convair Preservation Society which wants to restore it to flying condition - www.convair880.com
-CV880 c/n 35, ex-TWA, owned by Mike Potter who scrapped other CV880s there and wanted to keep it preserved in taxiable condition for films etc
-CV990 c/n 2, ex-APSA - on static display and the oldest 990 in existence
-CV990 c/n 29, ex-NASA, apparently the last to fly, preserved as a gate guardian.
I have read reports that Mike Potter's plane ended up dismantled and that the NASA one would be moved to a museum. Has anyone heard more about this? Has Mike Potter's 880 been scrapped or is it still there? And is the ex-Northeast one any closer to flying?
United_Fan From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 6796 posts, RR: 10 Reply 1, posted (7 years 9 months 2 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 1265 times:
The gate guard is still there.
Was there last month........
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