Dirk Grothe shares images of Son San Juan’s sole surviving Convair CV-990 Coronado, former Spantax example EC-BZO (c/n 030), which has been in storage at Palma de Mallorca airport since the late 1980s.
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Spantax was famed for its use of Convair’s gas-guzzling speed machine. During a 20-year association with the CV-990 Coronado, the now-defunct Spanish charter carrier fielded 14 examples of the San Diego, California-built jet, equating to more than a third of the type’s entire production run.