The Convair 880 was the most comfortable of the early jets. I've got a bunch of seats from the old TWA ships in my home, still in the Super70s colored-seat covers with working inflatable lumbar support. Groovy!

--Convairs 4 ever

I`m the owner of one Convair 880M and this aircraft is now still on the maintanence plan and has a current registration - we used it for cargo. And we have also a CV-990 Executive with business interior and this is still also on the maintainance plan.

--Raimund Hohlfeuer

I have a prototype model of the CV-880. It was displayed in an airport on a stand in the late 50's and early 60's. It is cast metal and measures approx. 5 ft. long by just under 5 ft. wide. The side has a cutout in the passenger section on one side. There are people seated and an attendant standing in isle. Where first class is supposed to be there is a lounge with sofas and coffee table. Looking through the cockpit windows you see the three personel inside. The markings on the outside have CV-880 and TWA. I do not have the stand but do have the transformer that lit up the wing tip lights (no bulbs). I have been trying to find out how many of these Convair made for display in airports. If anyone has any info please email me at carrstrunk at qwest. net. Thank you Tim

--carrstrunk

Check out the movie Bus Riley's Back in Town - there's an airport scene with a great shot of the ill-fated N820TW. The movie came out in '65 so it must have been shot just before the accident happened.

--Chris