Originally Posted by
treadigraph
Looks like Cyprus only had 'DAN (ex-Tradewinds) for around two years between '78 and '80 when it was written off at Akrotiri. Not sure what it would have freighted to Cyprus regularly, British food and beers for the services/expat/holiday population of Cyprus perhaps!
There was a longstanding airfreight export of fruit/vegetables from Cyprus to the UK/Western Europe; back in the 1960s British Eagle were dominant with cargo Britannias but it originated in the pioneer days of Avro Yorks etc. If you ever saw "Cyprus early season new potatoes" in the greengrocer's shop in Spring, they would be airfreighted ones; ship would take too long.
Although registered to Cyprus Airways, the CL-44s were actually operated by Tradewinds, who it was purchased from, and as the aircraft was lost when it was doing a training flight they were likely getting local (who were probably British expats anyway) crews trained, a couple of years after it was bought. It was operating out of Larnaca, undercarriage jammed, and it was diverted to a foamed runway at Akrotiri. Tradewinds had leased them various Canadairs previously.
There's a second Tradewinds 707 behind the Wardair 747-200B.