Last CL-44 gone ?
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Last CL-44 gone ?
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 ?
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Wild firsthand description can be found at flightcrewinfo.com Select flightcrewinfo, then message board and then General. CL44
They are lucky to be alive !
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They are lucky to be alive !
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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).
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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.
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.
