None of the three crew members on board a US Convair 580 freighter has survived after the aircraft crashed shortly after departing its base at Columbus' Rickenbacker Airport. Initial indications ...

Last September 1, a Convair CV-580 (N587X) operated by Air Tahoma crashed while attempting to return to Rickenbacker International Airport (LCK) in Columbu ...

One of New Zealand's oldest passenger planes still in service, a Convair 580 owned by Air Chathams, has just completed its last flight. The classic plane flew from Auckland to Wānaka, departing ...

Peter Hobbs leans toward me as if to shout over the roar of the bucking Convair 580 turboprop airplane when there’s a tremendous bang, and a burst of orange fire flashes across the sky outside ...

The Convair 580 ZK-CIB made occasional visits to Whanganui but was known for its ability to take freight or passengers. Photo / Public domain-Aklaviation Air Chathams is retiring one of its ...

Shao-Meng Li is excited talking about all the gadgets and gizmos on board the twin-propeller Convair 580, a flying research lab. "The aircraft is ideal because it has enough payload that we ...