page_title: Convair C-131 Samaritan
section_title: Variants
hierarchical_section_title: Convair C-131 Samaritan / Variants
caption_attribution_description: English: Convair T-29A navigational trainer 49-1941 of the 47 Bomb Wing RAF Sculthorpe England. Displayed at RAF Burtonwood Lancashire in 1957.
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: C-131A
  Transport for United States Air Force based on Convair 240, capable of carrying 39 passengers on rearward facing seats or 20 stretchers and 7 seats. 26 built.
  HC-131A
  Surplus C-131As transferred to the United States Coast Guard, 22 transferred.
  MC-131A
  Temporary designation used before 1962 when a C-131A was used for medivac duties with 27 stretchers.
  VC-131A
  Temporary designation used before 1962 when a C-131A was used as a staff transport.
  C-131B
  A hybrid Model 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 Model 340s flown with Alison 501D-13 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 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 as an airways aid checking duties.
  VC-131G
  C-131G used as a staff transport.
  C-131H
  Other models converted to Model 580 turboprop standards.
  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
  R4Y-1
  United States Navy version of the Model 340 with 44 passenger seats, redesignated C-131F in 1962, 36 built.
  R4Y-1Z
  United States Navy staff transports, redesignated VC-131F in 1962, one built and conversions from R4Y-1.
  R4Y-2
  Two C-131Es transferred to the United States Navy, redesignated C-131G in 1962, an additional 13 cancelled.
  R4Y-2Q
  Projected radar countermeasures version of the R4Y-2, five cancelled
  R4Y-2S
  Projected United States Navy Anti-Submarine Warfare trainer version, 14 on order cancelled.
  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, unpressurised cabin for 14 students, 46 built.
  VT-29A
  T-29As converted for staff transport.
  T-29B
  Pressurised 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 2500hp 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 for 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.
caption: Convair T-29A navigational trainer of the U.S. Air Force with four astrodomes on top of the fuselage
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