This aircraft was constructed by the Convair Division of the General Dynamics Corporation at San Diego, California

It was built to an order from Braniff Airways - 1956

It was rolled out at San Diego - December 06, 1956

First flown - December 1956

It was accepted by Braniff Airways at San Diego - December 1956

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N3435 - December 28, 1956

Sold to Lockheed Aircraft Corporation - March 09, 1962

Sold to Allegheny Airlines, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - April 16, 1962

It was converted to a Convair 580 (PAC99) - ?

Reregistered as N5826 - June 22, 1967

Registered to Allegheny Airlines

Leased to Great Lakes Airlines - 1977

Returned to Allegheny Airlines at the end of the lease - 1977

Sold to Consolidated Diamond Mines, South Africa- October 20, 1978

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - ?

Entered onto the South Africa Aircraft Register as ZS-KFA - October 1978

Registered to Consolidated Diamond Mines of South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Leased to Namib-Air as the registered operator - November 02, 1978

The aircraft was named 'Oranjemund'

Cancelled from the South Africa Aircraft Register - August 14, 1990

Entered onto the Namiba Aircraft Register as V5-KFA - August 14, 1990

The aircraft was sold to Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter - June 1991

Cancelled from the Namiba Aircraft Register - June 10, 1991

Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-FKFA - June 10, 1991

Registered to Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter, Canada

Sold to SNAS Aviation, Saudi Arabia - July 1991

Cancelled from the Canadia Aircraft Register - July 1991

Entered onto the Saudi Arabia Aircraft Register as HZ-SN11 - July 19, 1991

Registered to SNAS Aviation, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

It was operated by DHL Aviation Services, Bahrain

It was withdrawn from service by DHL - September 2004

It arrived at Palmerston North, New Zealand on completion of the ferry flight from Bahrain - September 21, 2004

Known ferry route: Bahrain - ? - Denpasar - Darwin - Mt Isa - Brisbane - Lord Howe Island - Palmerston North

Cancelled from the Saudi Aircraft Register - September 2004

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-CID - October 13, 2004

Registered to Air Chathams Ltd, Waitangi, Chatham Islands

This aircraft was acquired for use as a freighter

The plan to convert this aircraft to a 'combi' for use on passenger / freight operations on the Tonga - Niue

service by Reef Air were abandoned

It was used for a short time only to operate additional freight services to the Chatham Islands

It was withdrawn from service and stored at Palmerston North - 2008

It was gradually cannibalised for parts to support the airline's other Convair 580s

Removed from Palmerston North Airport by road to a local recycling yard - January 14, 2014

Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - January 16, 2014