Convair C-131 Samaritan

C-131 Samaritan
R4Y / T-29
Convair C-131F Samaritan
General information
TypeMilitary transport
ManufacturerConvair
Primary usersUnited States Air Force
Number built512[1]
History
Introduction date1950
First flight22 September 1949
Retired1990
Developed fromConvair CV-240
VariantsNC-131H TIFS

The Convair C-131 Samaritan is an American twin-engined military transport produced from 1954 to 1956 by Convair. It is the military version of the Convair CV-240 family of airliners.[2]

This was one of the last radial engined aircraft in US service, along with the Grumman C-1 Trader.

  1. ^ "T-29 / C-131". www.uswarplanes.net. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  2. ^ Gradidge 1997, p. 20–21.