Convair C-131 Samaritan#Surviving aircraft

The design began life in a production requirement by American Airlines for a pressurized airliner to replace the Douglas DC-3. Convair's original design had two engines and 40 seats, and thus it was designated the CV-240. The first CV-240 flew on March 16, 1947, and production aircraft were first delivered to American on February 28, 1948. Seventy-five were delivered to American, with another fifty going to Western Airlines, Continental Airlines, Pan American Airways, KLM, Sabena, Swissair and Trans Australia Airlines.{{citation needed|date = December 2013}}

File:C-131B New Mexico ANG parked.jpg.]]

The CV-240/340/440 series was used by the United States Air Force (USAF) for medical evacuation and VIP transport and was designated as C-131 Samaritan. The first model Samaritan, the C-131A, was derived from the CV-240 model, and was delivered to the USAF in 1954.{{citation needed|date = December 2013}}{{Contradict-inline|date=January 2021|reason=This is not the initial military model if T-29 deliveries began in 1950 and R4Y-1 deliveries began in 1952 as stated subsequently.}}

The initial trainer model, designated the T-29, was also based on the Convair CV-240 and was used to instruct USAF navigators for all USAF aircraft and United States Navy (USN) Naval Flight Officers (NFOs) selected to fly land-based aircraft. The first deliveries to the USAF were made in 1950 followed by large production quantities until early 1955. The USAF and the USN operated T-29s in separate units at separate locations until 1976. In 1974, the USAF T-29s with the 323d Flying Training Wing (323 FTW) at Mather AFB, California began to be replaced by the Boeing 737-derived T-43. In 1975, the Navy retired all of its T-29s assigned to Training Squadron Twenty-Nine (VT-29) at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas, deactivated VT-29, and merged their advanced navigator training program for land-based NFOs with the Air Force's program at Mather AFB.CAMPUS Magazine, The Navy Education and Training Monthly, Vol. VIII, No. 8, August 1979, pp. 16-19

A planned bomber training version of the T-29 (designated T-32) was never built.{{citation needed|date = December 2013}}

From 1952, the USN and United States Marine Corps (USMC) took delivery of 36 R4Y-1 transport aircraft similar to the commercial CV-340 and USAF C-131D, configured with 44 passenger seats and powered by a pair of {{cvt|2500|hp|kW}} Pratt & Whitney R-2800-52W engines. A single otherwise similar aircraft was acquired with a 24-seat VIP interior and designated R4Y-1Z. In 1957, the USN took delivery of two additional aircraft similar to the commercial CV-440 and designated R4Y-2. With the 1962 redesignation of USN/USMC aircraft, the three types were redesignated as the C-131F, VC-131F, and C-131G respectively.{{cite book |last1=Swanborough |first1=Gordon |last2=Bowers |first2=Peter M. |date=1976 |title=United States Navy Aircraft since 1911 |edition=2nd |location=Annapolis, Maryland |publisher=Naval Institute Press |isbn=0-87021-968-5 |page=422}} A number of R4Y-1 (C-131F) aircraft were converted to R4Y-1Z (VC-131F) or R4Y-2 (C-131G) standards after delivery, and several C-131F and C-131G aircraft were ultimately sold as military surplus and converted to civil use.

Nearly all of the C-131s left the active USAF inventory in the late 1970s, but the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) operated the aircraft until 1983, while the Air National Guard (ANG) and USN units operated additional C-131 airframes, primarily as Operational Support Aircraft (OSA) for ANG flying wings and as naval air station "station aircraft" until 1990. The C-131 was primarily replaced by the C-9 Nightingale in regular USAF service, with the ANG replacing their OSA with C-130 Hercules aircraft and the USN with C-12 Hurons.{{citation needed|date = December 2013}}

File:Mercury Astronauts in Weightless Flight on C-131 Aircraft - GPN-2002-000039.jpg astronaut training in 1959]]

In 1959, a C-131 was the first aircraft to be used as a reduced-gravity aircraft or 'vomit comet', for astronaut training as part of Project Mercury.{{cite web

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A Samaritan was the first aircraft used as a flying gunship testbed in mid-1963, in a program known as "Project Tailchaser".[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/ac-131.htm "Project Tailchaser".] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204192302/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/ac-131.htm |date=2011-12-04 }} globalsecurity.org. Retrieved: 21 July 2011. A C-131B (AF Ser. No. 53-7820) was given a gunsight for the side window, but instead of guns it had cameras in the cargo area. Eventually the C-131 was ferried to Eglin AFB in Florida and a General Electric SUU-11A/A 7.62 mm Gatling-style Minigun was installed. Live ammunition was used and both over-water and overland tests were successful.Jack S. Ballard [http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/Publications/fulltext/gunships.pdf Development and Employment of Fixed-Wing Gunships 1962–1972] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711121145/http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/Publications/fulltext/gunships.pdf |date=2011-07-11 }}. Office of Air Force History. 1982

{{Main|List of accidents and incidents involving the Convair CV-240 family}}

On 17 December 1960, a USAF C-131D Samaritan crashed at Munich after one engine lost power on takeoff from Munich-Riem Airport. Flying in heavy fog and unable to gain altitude, the aircraft struck the steeple of St. Paul's Church and crashed onto a tram, killing all 20 people on the aircraft and 32 on the tram.{{ASN accident|id=19601217-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Convair C-131D (CV-340) 55-0291 München}}

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;C-131A

:Transport for USAF based on CV-240, capable of carrying 39 passengers on rearward facing seats, or 20 stretchers and 7 seats; 26 built.Wegg 1990, p. 190.

;HC-131A

:Surplus C-131As transferred to the USCG, 22 transferred.

;MC-131A

:C-131A used for medivac duties with 27 stretchers.

;VC-131A

:C-131A used as a staff transport.

;C-131B

:A hybrid CV-240/340 with seats for 48 passengers, 36 built.

;JC-131B

:C-131B converted for missile tracking, six conversions.

;NC-131B

:One C-131B used for permanent testing.

;VC-131B

:C-131B when used as a staff transport.

;YC-131C

:Two CV-340s modified with Alison 501D-13 turboprop engines.

;C-131D

:Military version of the Model 340 with seats for 44 passengers, 33 built.

;VC-131D

:C-131D when used as a staff transport.

;C-131E

:Electronic countermeasures (ECM) training version for Strategic Air Command (SAC), later designated TC-131E, 15 built and one conversion from C-131D, two transferred to United States Navy as R4Y-2.

;TC-131E

:C-131E redesignated.

;C-131F

:R4Y-1 redesignated.

;RC-131F

:Conversions for photo-mapping and survey, six conversions.

;VC-131F

:R4Y-1Z redesignated.

;C-131G

:R4Y-2 redesignated.

;EC-131G

:One C-131G modified as an electronics trainer.

;RC-131G

:One C-131G modified for airways checking duties.

;VC-131G

:C-131G when used as a staff transport.

;C-131H

:Conversions to CV-580 turboprop standard.

;NC-131H

:One conversion with an extended nose incorporating a separate cockpit as a Total In-Flight Simulator. This aircraft was transferred to the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio on November 7, 2008[http://www.daytondailynews.com/search/content/gen/ap/NY_Old_Plane_Retired.html "Old plane retired."] Dayton Daily News. Retrieved: 21 July 2011.

;R4Y-1

:USN/USMC version of CV-340 with 44 passenger seats, redesignated C-131F in 1962, 36 built.{{cite web |url=http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries17.html |title=US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos, Third Series (140053 to 145061) |last=Baugher |first=Joe |date=22 January 2021 |website=joebaugher.com |access-date=25 January 2021}}

;R4Y-1Z

:USN/USMC 24-seat VIP staff transport, redesignated VC-131F in 1962, one built and conversions from R4Y-1.

;R4Y-2

:USN/USMC version of CV-440, redesignated C-131G in 1962, two built and conversions from R4Y-1; an additional 13 canceled, of which six were completed as CV-440 airliners.{{cite web |url=http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries17.html |title=US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos, Third Series (145062 to 150138) |last=Baugher |first=Joe |date=22 January 2021 |website=joebaugher.com |access-date=25 January 2021}}

;R4Y-2Q

:Proposed ECM version of the R4Y-2, five canceled.

;R4Y-2S

:Proposed anti-submarine warfare version of R4Y-2, 14 canceled.

;XT-29

:Prototype military trainer version of the Model 240 for the United States Air Force, two built.

;T-29A

:Initial production version for navigator training, unpressurized cabin for 14 students, 46 built.

;VT-29A

:T-29As converted for staff transport.

;T-29B

:Pressurized version with room for 10 navigator and four radio operator students, 105 built.

;NT-29B

:One T-29B used for permanent testing.

;VT-29B

:T-29B converted for staff transport with seating for 29 or 32 passengers.

;T-29C

:T-29B with {{cvt|2500|hp|kW}} Pratt & Whitney R-2800-29W engines, 119 built.

;AT-29C

:T-29C modified for airways checking duties, redesignated ET-29C in 1962.

;ET-29C

:AT-29C redesignated.

;VT-29C

:T-29C converted to staff transport.

;T-29D

:Bombardier training version of the T-29C with room for six students, 93 built.

;ET-29D

:Airways checking conversion of the T-29D.

;VT-29D

:Staff transport conversion of the T-29D.

;XT-29E

:Proposed turboprop version of T-29B, none built.

;YT-32

:Proposed bomber training version with transparent nose, none built.

;{{PAR}}

• Paraguayan Air Force operated one former USAF Convair C-131DAndrade 1982, p. 176

;{{USA}}

• United States Air Force operated T-29 and C-131 aircraft.
• United States Navy operated R4Y/C-131 and T-29 aircraft.
• United States Coast Guard operated R4Y/C-131 aircraft.
• NASA

File:Convair C-131D Samaritan USAF.jpg.]]

;HC-131A

• 52-5794 – On display at the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum in Pueblo, Colorado.{{cite web|title=Actual Aircraft on Display in Pueblo|url=http://www.pwam.org/aircraftdisplay1.html|website=Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum|access-date=24 August 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225043629/http://www.pwam.org/aircraftdisplay1.html|archive-date=25 December 2016}}

;C-131A

• 55-4757 – On display at the Minnesota Air National Guard Museum in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[http://mnangmuseum.org/exhibits/convair-samaritan/ "Convair C-131H Samaritan."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304124420/http://mnangmuseum.org/exhibits/convair-samaritan/ |date=2016-03-04 }} Minnesota Air National Guard Museum. Retrieved: 30 July 2015.

;C-131B

• 53-7811 – Last registered to Tatonduk Outfitters Limited in Fairbanks, Alaska. This aircraft was previously on display at the Kelly Field Heritage Museum, Lackland AFB, Texas.{{Cn|date=September 2024}}
• 53-7819 – Airworthy with Airborne Resources Inc in Midlothian, Texas.{{Cn|date=September 2024}}{{cite web |title=FAA Registry [N131CR] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N131CR |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=15 September 2021}}
• 53-7821 – On display at the Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin AFB, Florida.{{Cn|date=September 2024}}

;C-131D

• 54-2806 – On display at the Jimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum, Travis AFB, California.{{cite web|last1=Veronico|first1=Nick|title=Outdoor Exhibits – C-131D "Samaritan"|url=http://travisheritagecenter.org/html/c131d.html|website=Travis Air Force Base Heritage Center|publisher=Travis Heritage Center|access-date=24 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605233435/https://travisheritagecenter.org/html/c131d.html|archive-date=5 June 2015}}
• 54-2808 – On display at the March Field Air Museum, March ARB (former March AFB), Riverside, California.{{cite web|title=C-131D Samaritan|url=http://www.marchfield.org/aircraft-exhibits/aircraft/c-131d-samaritan-convair|website=March Field Air Museum|publisher=March Field Air Museum|access-date=24 August 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531142655/http://www.marchfield.org/aircraft-exhibits/aircraft/c-131d-samaritan-convair|archive-date=31 May 2016}}
• 54-2810 – Stored at Burlington Air National Guard Base in Burlington, Vermont.{{Cn|date=September 2024}}
• 54-2822 – On display at the Aerospace Museum of California, former McClellan AFB, California.{{cite web|title=Convair VC-131D Samaritan|url=http://www.aerospaceca.org/convair-vc-131d-samaritan|website=Aerospace Museum of California|publisher=Aerospace Museum of California|access-date=24 August 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417210045/http://www.aerospaceca.org/convair-vc-131d-samaritan/|archive-date=17 April 2016}}
• 55-0292 – On display at the South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota.{{Cn|date=September 2024}}
• 55-0293 – On display at the Selfridge Military Air Museum, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan.{{cite web|title=C-131D Samaritan|url=http://selfridgeairmuseum.org/C-131D.htm|website=Selfridge Military Air Museum|publisher=Selfridge Military Air Museum|access-date=24 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818203256/http://selfridgeairmuseum.org/C-131D.htm|archive-date=18 August 2016}}
• 55-0294 – On display at The Leonardo in Salt Lake City, Utah.{{cite web|title=C-131D Samaritan|url=http://www.theleonardo.org/flight-exhibit-leonardo/|website=The Leonardo Museum|publisher=The Leonardo Museum|access-date=12 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220125228/http://www.theleonardo.org/flight-exhibit-leonardo/|archive-date=20 December 2016}}{{Failed verification|date=September 2021}}
• 55-0295 – On display at the Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Delaware.{{cite web|title=C-131D Samaritan|url=http://amcmuseum.org/at-the-museum/aircraft/c-131d-samaritan|website=Air Mobility Command Museum|publisher=AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.|access-date=24 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430165225/http://amcmuseum.org/at-the-museum/aircraft/c-131d-samaritan/|archive-date=30 April 2016}}
• 55-0300 – On display at the Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, Utah.{{cite web|title=C-131D "Samaritan"|url=http://www.hill.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/397288/c-131d-samaritan|website=Hill Air Force Base|access-date=24 August 2016|date=27 September 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911145256/http://www.hill.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/397288/c-131d-samaritan|archive-date=11 September 2016}}
• 55-0301 – Cockpit only with unknown owner in Kenosha, Wisconsin. This airframe was previously on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, but was scrapped before 2009.{{cite web|title=Vintage Transports, photos by Friends & Guests|url=http://www.ruudleeuw.com/guestphotos-19.htm|website=RuudLeeuw.com|access-date=24 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614100025/http://www.ruudleeuw.com/guestphotos-19.htm|archive-date=14 June 2016}}

;C-131F

• 140996 – Airworthy with Gulf & Caribbean Cargo of Waterford, Michigan.{{cite web |title=FAA Registry |url=http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N351FL |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=15 September 2021}}
• 141008 – Airworthy with Conquest Air Inc of Miami Lakes, Florida.{{cite web |title=FAA Registry [N345GS] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N345GS |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=15 September 2021}}
• 141013 – On display at the Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California.{{Cite web|url=https://yanksair.org/collection/convair-340-71-samaritan-c-131f/|title=Convair C-131F Samaritan|date=2017-01-28|website=Yanks Air Museum|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-26}}
• 141015 – On display at the National Museum of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, Florida.{{cite web|title=C-131 Samaritan|url=http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/attractions/aircraft-exhibits/item/?item=c-131_samaritan|website=National Naval Aviation Museum|publisher=Naval Aviation Museum Foundation|access-date=24 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830195846/http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/attractions/aircraft-exhibits/item/?item=c-131_samaritan|archive-date=30 August 2016}}
• 141017 – On display at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.{{cite web|title=Samaritan|url=http://www.pimaair.org/aircraft-by-name/item/convair-c-131f-samaritan|website=Pima Air & Space Museum|publisher=PimaAir.org|access-date=24 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006014311/http://www.pimaair.org/aircraft-by-name/item/convair-c-131f-samaritan|archive-date=6 October 2016}}
• 141025 – In storage at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.{{Cn|date=September 2024}}

;NC-131H

• 53-7793 – On display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.{{cite web|title=Convair NC-131H Total In-Flight Simulator (TIFS)|url=https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/195751/convair-nc-131h-total-in-flight-simulator-tifs/|website=National Museum of the US Air Force|access-date=24 August 2016|date=9 October 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911135545/http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/MuseumExhibits/FactSheets/Display/tabid/509/Article/195751/convair-nc-131h-total-in-flight-simulator-tifs.aspx|archive-date=11 September 2016}}

;T-29A

• 49-1934 – On display at Sheppard AFB, Texas.{{Cn|date=September 2024}}
• 50-0190 – On display at the Strategic Air and Space Museum in Ashland, Nebraska.{{cite web|title=T-29A "Flying Classroom"|url=http://sacmuseum.org/what-to-see/aircraft/t-29a-flying-classroom|website=Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum|publisher=Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum|access-date=24 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801164536/http://sacmuseum.org/what-to-see/aircraft/t-29a-flying-classroom/|archive-date=1 August 2016}}

;T-29B

• 51-7906 – On display at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.{{cite web|title=Flying Classroom|url=http://www.pimaair.org/aircraft-by-name/item/convair-t-29b-flying-classroom|website=Pima Air & Space Museum|publisher=PimaAir.org|access-date=24 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006014144/http://www.pimaair.org/aircraft-by-name/item/convair-t-29b-flying-classroom|archive-date=6 October 2016}}

;T-29C

• {{Cns|53-3489 – On display at the 12th Flying Training Wing area, Randolph AFB, Texas. (previously displayed at former Mather AFB, California; disassembled and relocated following BRAC closure of Mather AFB).|date=September 2024}}
• 52-1175 – On display at the Linear Air Park at Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas.{{Cn|date=September 2024}}

File:Convair C-131B Samaritan 3-view line drawing.png

{{Aircraft specs

|prime units?=imp

|ref=United States Military Aircraft since 1909Swanborough and Bowers 1969, p. 150.

|crew= four

|capacity= 48 passengers

|length ft= 79

|length in= 2

|length m= 24.14

|span ft= 105

|span in= 4

|span m= 32.11

|height ft= 28

|height in= 2

|height m= 8.59

|wing area sqft= 920

|wing area sqm= 85.5

|empty weight lb= 29,248

|empty weight kg= 13,294

|max takeoff weight lb= 47,000

|max takeoff weight kg= 21,363

|eng1 name= Pratt & Whitney R-2800-99 "Double Wasp"

|eng1 type=18 cylinder air cooled radial engines

|eng1 number=2

|eng1 hp= 2,500

|eng1 kw= 1,865

|max speed mph=293

|max speed kts=255

|max speed kmh=472

|cruise speed mph= 254

|cruise speed kts=221

|cruise speed kmh=409

|range miles= 450

|range nmi=391

|range km=725

|ceiling ft= 24,500

|ceiling m= 7,470

|climb rate ftmin= 1,410

|climb rate ms= 7.2

}}

{{aircontent|

|related=

• Canadair CC-109 Cosmopolitan
• Convair CV-240 family

|similar aircraft=

• Airspeed Ambassador
• Vickers VC.1 Viking

|lists=

• List of military aircraft of the United States
• List of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962)

|see also=* Military transport aircraft

}}

; Notes

{{Reflist}}

; Bibliography

{{refbegin}}

• Andrade, John. Militair 1982. London: Aviation Press Limited, 1982. {{ISBN|0 907898 01 7}}.
• Frawley, Gerald. "Convair CV-540, 580, 600, 640 & CV5800", The International Directory of Civil Aircraft 1997/98. Fyshwick ACT: Aerospace Publications, 1997. {{ISBN|1-875671-26-9}}.
• Gradidge, Jennifer. The Convairliners Story. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1997. {{ISBN|0-85130-243-2}}.
• Swanborough, F. G. and Peter M. Bowers. United States Military Aircraft since 1909. London: Punam, 1963.
• Wegg, John. General Dynamics Aircraft and Their Predecessors. London: Putnam, 1990. {{ISBN|0-85177-833-X}}.

{{Refend}}

{{Commons category multi|Convair C-131 Samaritan|Convair T-29}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060105044504/http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/aircraft/convair_240.htm Convair 240] – National Air and Space Museum
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20150707231656/http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=783 C-131 Samaritan factsheet] – National Museum of the United States Air Force
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070117164206/http://www.marchfield.org/c131d.htm C-131D Samaritan] – March Field Air Museum
• [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/c-131.htm C-131 Samaritan] – GlobalSecurity.org
• [http://www.theaviationzone.com/factsheets/c131.asp C-131 Samaritan] – The Aviation Zone
• [http://www.theaviationzone.com/factsheets/gunships.asp Gunships] – The Aviation Zone

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