Some very recent pics here (not mine)

Work starts on the CL-44 Guppy - Page 3

'CL-44 engine test bournemouth airport 31-07-2013' bekijken op YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=433x...e_gdata_player

So were all the engines run or just number 2?
After reading the thread on Key Publishing it is hard to see it leaving under its own power but you never know.

Whatever the final outcome is you have to admire this unique aircraft..and for the record here are 1 or 2 shots taken yesterday.
The port side is now stripped bare, starboard side just the tail area to do and it was actually out engine running on the old runway...one at a time as far as I know.

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..Good luck guys...you deserve it..........

Stripped or just given a liberal coat of paint?:eek:

Appears to be a combination of the two....mainly bare metal.

The latest rumour from the tanker drivers at Hurn is that it is going on a one way flight to Germany in the near future:ok:

New rumour is that she wil be flown to Texas..... Any thruth in that?

Making the assumption that she would be used commercially, perhaps in the oil support sector, just how long would this venerable old plane be useful for ? That is assuming that all the alleged paperwork issues could be ironed out :rolleyes:



SHJ

Any news from BOH?
 

I've grown fond of that fat old lady. We go back years.

Hopefully its going to a museum or we could be back to a Teesside ground-hog day.

Really what are the chances of it leaving with a UK CAA grounding order and a FAA condition notice issued against it. Rumour is they have been looking towards Africa for a registration and AOC.

Really like this Aircraft, I've been up to and around it and got a few photos from before the strip down. I see it everyday and see how much attention it draws, always someone snapping pics through the fence

Probably the residents of Parley Cross taking pictures for their house insurance claims!

Is there much commonality between the RR Tyne in the CL-44-0 Guppy and those used in the C160 Transall? With lots of Transalls being withdrawn from service and replaced by A400M Atlas, perhaps the availability of spare parts for Tynes will be improved? If engine spares become plentiful, would this make restoring the wings, sorting the paperwork issues and operating the Guppy a more commercially viable proposition? Or is the lack of paperwork / design authority support an insurmountable problem?

I notice that the US register has the aircraft as a CL-44D4 rather than a CL-44-0. Is this an error or is the Guppy still considered to be a CL-44D4 for regulatory purposes?

Is there any more news / rumours about the Guppy?

Hasn't moved an inch as of a few days ago

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Any updates on this please?

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........

what ever happened to Geoff and Nick Leach? we knew them many years ago