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Old 21st May 2008, 13:30
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Porrohman
 
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On 5th May, rrtyne asked;
One other crazy idea ? Are there any other CL44's left in the world? If so, maybe Heavylift has plans in other directions!!!!!!!!
http://www.cl44.com/cl44/Survivors.htm indicates that there are four surviving airframes including the Guppy. These are s/nos 13, 16 (the Guppy), 23 and 37. None of them look to be in good shape. Other than the Guppy, 37 was probably the last of these to fly but was damaged in a landing accident. 13 was being considered for return to Canada for restoration and preservation, but I believe that this idea was abandoned for cost reasons. 23 is too far gone by the look of it.

If you look through the individual a/c histories at http://www.cl44.com/cl44/prodlist/serial01.htm, there are three more airframes whose status isn't w/o or scrapped. These are s/nos 19, 25 and 32. Of these, 32 was probably destroyed in the US attacks on Lybia many years ago. S/no 25 was w/o in 2002; http://aviation-safety.net/database/...?id=20020217-0. I'm not sure of the status of s/no 19. Scrapped?

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