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PaperTiger
23rd Feb 2002, 00:51
Saw an item that the last airworthy Canadair CL-44 in the Congo was written off last week (only minor injuries to occupants). Is that it then, all gone ?
polzin
23rd Feb 2002, 19:35
Wild firsthand description can be found at flightcrewinfo.com Select flightcrewinfo, then message board and then General. CL44
They are lucky to be alive !
[ 24 February 2002: Message edited by: polzin ]</p>
polzin,
The correct address is <a href="http://www.flightcrewinfo.com" target="_blank">http://www.flightcrewinfo.com</A>
Interesting story..........
Mutt.
polzin
24th Feb 2002, 21:22
Thanks mutt. Ill go back and edit it just so no one will go there before reading your correct post. Thanks again.
Airways Ed
24th Feb 2002, 21:49
That was the last operational 'straight' CL-44. But the Conroy CL-44-O (Outsize) is still airworthy, but inactive at present.
bblank
25th Feb 2002, 09:12
On his website Ron Pickler, Canadair historian and former PR chief, writes that the "Guppy", the a/c Airways Ed mentions, will be flown to the U.K. (with no further details given except that there have been discussions with Bombardier about it overnighting at Dorval).
Wonder what they do about Tyne spares? Should/would be a rather large problem, I suspect.
pigboat
26th Feb 2002, 06:00
Isn't the Transall Tyne powered? 'Course that don't make 'em any more available, I guess.
Cyclic Hotline
26th Feb 2002, 08:43
Rather excellent website about the CL-44 Guppy and in fact ALL Guppies!. .<a href="http://www.allaboutguppys.com" target="_blank">All about Guppies.</a>
Bus429
26th Feb 2002, 10:52
I may be wrong but all RR Tynes are overhauled by Rolls Royce Canada.
Skytrucker87
2nd Mar 2002, 14:44
Yep, they were when I was on CL44. All spares for the aircraft were almost impossible to get. Our purchasing dept grew old very quickly. And grey. And grumpy.
As a matter of interest, a lot of the MLG heavy items were custom made by Reliable, a firm of machinists in California who had no FAA approval. They used approved material and some castings were done by an approved lost wax casting firm, then the castings were machined by Reliable. The finished article was then inspected by CAA and our own QA. It worked quite well.