N810NA —

The former Landing Systems Research Aircraft Convair 990 N810NA in storage at Mojave on July 27, 1997. Its Convair airframe number is 30-10-29. It was delivered to American Airlines in May 1962 as N5617. Modern Air Transport purchased it in 1968. NASA acquired it for use at Ames Research Center in May 1975 and registered it as N713NA. NASA later re-registered it as N710NA. It was used at the NASA Ames Research Center until 1983 when it was withdrawn from use. It was stored at Marana, Arizona until it was refurbished in 1989 for use at the Dryden FRC. After serving as the Landing Systems Research Aircraft in 1993 and 1994, it was retired to the Mojave Airport.