The CL44 Association kept a close(ish) eye on any activity around the a/c at BOH. Several of our members who were employed by Jack Conroy during the conversion, had been asked by the current owner if they could locate any of the manuals, diagrams and drawings, made or used during the Guppy's birth. It has been reported that when Bombardier was approached
with regard to any of the documents that might have been handed over by Canadair, it was made clear that none WERE tracked down.
Then of course, Rolls Royce withdrew all responsibility for the Tyne and indeed, when the a/c was last used commercially, the RR emblems were removed from the engine cowlings.
Turning to the corrosion problem, it was very evident that when the a/c had
been towed into the hangar at MME and the centre tank removed, the extent of the corrosion was very extension. At BOH, the ground engineer had no problem in writing up the a/c as grounded with the owner, Mr Farhad Azima at ALG. Hence its sale to the Association before the saga of its ultimate disposal to Geoffrey Leach and later Harlan Jordan
But that's another story........