Convair 440
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The Convair 440 is a twin-engine, short- to medium-range commercial airliner developed in the 1950s as an improved, pressurized variant of Convair’s successful series of piston-powered passenger aircraft.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Convair 440 canonical | 3 |
| Convair CV‑240 family | 1 |
| Convair CV‑440 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2494543 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Convair 440 Context triple: [Convair, notableProduct, Convair 440]
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Convair 240
The Convair 240 is a twin‑engine, pressurized short- to medium-haul airliner introduced in the late 1940s and widely used by airlines and military operators around the world.
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B.
Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor
The Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor is a twin-engine military transport and trainer aircraft, derived from the Beechcraft Model 18, that was widely used by the United States and allied air forces from World War II through the postwar era.
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C.
Douglas C-54 Skymaster
The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four‑engine, long‑range military transport aircraft developed from the DC‑4 airliner and widely used by the U.S. and allied forces during and after World War II.
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D.
Convair T-29
The Convair T-29 is a military trainer and transport aircraft developed from the Convair 240 airliner and used primarily by the U.S. Air Force for navigation and radar training.
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E.
Lockheed C‑69 Constellation
The Lockheed C‑69 Constellation was a World War II-era four‑engined military transport aircraft that served as the precursor to the famous Lockheed Constellation airliner.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Convair 440 Target entity description: The Convair 440 is a twin-engine, short- to medium-range commercial airliner developed in the 1950s as an improved, pressurized variant of Convair’s successful series of piston-powered passenger aircraft.
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A.
Convair 240
The Convair 240 is a twin‑engine, pressurized short- to medium-haul airliner introduced in the late 1940s and widely used by airlines and military operators around the world.
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B.
Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor
The Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor is a twin-engine military transport and trainer aircraft, derived from the Beechcraft Model 18, that was widely used by the United States and allied air forces from World War II through the postwar era.
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C.
Douglas C-54 Skymaster
The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four‑engine, long‑range military transport aircraft developed from the DC‑4 airliner and widely used by the U.S. and allied forces during and after World War II.
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D.
Convair T-29
The Convair T-29 is a military trainer and transport aircraft developed from the Convair 240 airliner and used primarily by the U.S. Air Force for navigation and radar training.
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E.
Lockheed C‑69 Constellation
The Lockheed C‑69 Constellation was a World War II-era four‑engined military transport aircraft that served as the precursor to the famous Lockheed Constellation airliner.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airliner
ⓘ
twin‑engine piston airliner ⓘ |
| aircraftRole | short‑ to medium‑range commercial airliner ⓘ |
| aircraftType | pressurized airliner ⓘ |
| airframeMaterial | all‑metal ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Metropolitan ⓘ |
| cabinFeatures |
improved heating and ventilation
ⓘ
improved soundproofing ⓘ |
| configuration | low‑wing monoplane ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 3 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | ~450 km/h ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Convair 340 ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | wing‑mounted ⓘ |
| engineModel |
Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp
ⓘ
surface form:
Pratt & Whitney R‑2800 Double Wasp
|
| engineType | piston engine ⓘ |
| era | 1950s ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1955 ⓘ |
| height | 8.38 m ⓘ |
| improvementOver | Convair 340 ⓘ |
| introduced | 1956 ⓘ |
| landingGear | retractable tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| length | 24.84 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Convair ⓘ |
| marketedAs | Metropolitan ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight | 21320 kg ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | ~199 ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Convair 440
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Convair CV‑240 family
|
| passengerCapacityRange | 44–52 ⓘ |
| powerplantCount | 2 ⓘ |
| predecessor | Convair 340 ⓘ |
| pressurization | cabin pressurized ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
feeder airline service
ⓘ
regional passenger transport ⓘ |
| propulsion | propeller‑driven ⓘ |
| range | ~3200 km ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | 7600 m ⓘ |
| status | out of production ⓘ |
| successor |
Convair 540
ⓘ
Convair 580 (turboprop conversion) ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| typicalPassengerCapacity | 44 ⓘ |
| usedBy | regional airlines ⓘ |
| usedFor |
later cargo conversion
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passenger transport ⓘ |
| wingspan | 32.11 m ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Convair 440 Description of subject: The Convair 440 is a twin-engine, short- to medium-range commercial airliner developed in the 1950s as an improved, pressurized variant of Convair’s successful series of piston-powered passenger aircraft.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.