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Convair 880 airplane model

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. By the late 1950s, airplanes carried ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Ghost of Convair jet rises from desert graveyard, returns to public view

When passenger jets were coming of age, a single model fabricated in San Diego captured the attention of Howard Hughes, Elvis Presley, interior design guru Dorothy Draper — and in 1990 appeared in a ...
NJ.com

Museum offers a rare glimpse at what these fighter planes look like from the inside (PHOTOS)

Owen Jack, 2, of Rochelle Park, mans the controls of the TWA Convair 880 circa 1958. His mom, Sara Jack is at left. Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com It is Open Cockpit Weekend at the ...
KSL

One of the coolest airline museums you've never heard of

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Reuters

Elvis Presley's personal jets could fetch more than $10 million

REUTERS - Elvis Presley's pair of personal jets, one complete with gilded wash basin and plush sleeping quarters, will go under the hammer in a sealed-bid auction for a piece of mile-high rock and ...
The Financial Express

Elvis Presley’s two private jets to go on sale

Elvis Presley bought the Convair 880 jet from Delta Air Lines in 1975 and named it Lisa Marie after his daughter. (Reuters) Singer Elvis Presley’s pair of personal jets will be up for auction for a ...
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Design for Convair 880 Airplane Club Area

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