Here is a better picture. I didnt know it was from the 50s. Here is what it said. In the early 1950s Eastern were one of the few carriers to opt for the Martin 4-0-4 rather than the Convair 240. They did, however, become a General Dynamics customer in 1957 with an order for 20 Metropolitans as the Convair 440 was known. These aircraft were basically used as replacements for Colonial Airlines ancient fleet of DC-3s and DC-4s. Eastern had purchased this historic carrier in 1956 and with it picked up its routes from New York to Montreal and Ottawa in addition to the Bermuda run . Bob Garrard captures the essence of the Metroliner nicely in the shot above taken at Clevelands Hopkins International in March of 1967. Looks like the snow was just melting. This Convair, along with several other ex Eastern machines was sold to (the resurrected) Mackey International Airlines in 1970. (The original Mackey merged with Eastern in 1967 {see DC-7B}).
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 21:08:01 +0000
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