HL-25 Convair 240-1
(c/n 47)
At the time I was with Western Air Lines we
sold one of our redundant Convairliners (N8408H)
to the
Hanjin Transportation Company, one of whose subsidiaries was the newly
formed Air
Korea.
This primarily freight outfit would later evolve into today's Korean
Air Lines.. My shot
was taken at
LAX in February of 1961. After service with JDA as JA5092
this aircraft finally
wound up back
in the US as N240HH and is now stored at the Planes of Fame Museum in
Chino, California. It has been restored nicely to its original
Western livery, although unfortunately
the
original registration has been re-assigned and is not available.