SLIDE SCANNING PROJECT
This is a Convair 580 being guided to a gate at the main concourse of the St. Louis - Lambert Airport in 1969. The 580 was one of the versions of the original Convair 240. The 580 was fitted with two Allison turboprop engines. It was easy to spot a turboprop by its four-blade propellers. The piston-engine planes used three-blade props. The 580 was used by Frontier, Allegheny Airlines, North Central and eventually American Eagle. I often saw 240's at the St. Louis airport in the early 1960's when they were flown by American Airlines. By the way, the Convair 240 has the distinction of being the first private aircraft used in a US Presidential campaign. Joseph Kennedy purchased a 240 from American Airlines for his son JFK to use in his 1960 campaign. That plane, named the "Caroline" after JFK's daughter, flew 225,000 miles during the 1960 campaign. It was donated to the Smithsonian in 1967. In 1960, when I was 10 years old, I saw the "Caroline" parked at the main concourse one afternoon at the St. Louis airport. JFK was in St. Louis for a campaign rally. I did not see JFK board the plane later that night, but it was still cool to see the "Caroline" in person that day.
Year: 1969
Film: Ektachrome 64
Camera: Voigtlander Prominent (Rangefinder)
Lens: Nokton 50mm 1.5
SLIDE SCANNING PROJECT
This is a Convair 580 being guided to a gate at the main concourse of the St. Louis - Lambert Airport in 1969. The 580 was one of the versions of the original Convair 240. The 580 was fitted with two Allison turboprop engines. It was easy to spot a turboprop by its four-blade propellers. The piston-engine planes used three-blade props. The 580 was used by Frontier, Allegheny Airlines, North Central and eventually American Eagle. I often saw 240's at the St. Louis airport in the early 1960's when they were flown by American Airlines. By the way, the Convair 240 has the distinction of being the first private aircraft used in a US Presidential campaign. Joseph Kennedy purchased a 240 from American Airlines for his son JFK to use in his 1960 campaign. That plane, named the "Caroline" after JFK's daughter, flew 225,000 miles during the 1960 campaign. It was donated to the Smithsonian in 1967. In 1960, when I was 10 years old, I saw the "Caroline" parked at the main concourse one afternoon at the St. Louis airport. JFK was in St. Louis for a campaign rally. I did not see JFK board the plane later that night, but it was still cool to see the "Caroline" in person that day.
Year: 1969
Film: Ektachrome 64
Camera: Voigtlander Prominent (Rangefinder)
Lens: Nokton 50mm 1.5