Canadair Argonaut?

Vixus · Post by **Vixus** » 08 May 2006, 21:56

While we're at it does anyone know of a good C-46? I know J. Lucariny has a good model but his FDE is disappointing. Does the one on Cal Classic have an improved FDE and model as it says?

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 08 May 2006, 21:58

Vixus - In a Word ...yes I use Lucrainys model with the updated fde for
LOGAIR stuff and it works great - Its also a hoot to sit in the tower at night and watch it start up - Cough splutter gag

Leif

Vixus · Post by **Vixus** » 08 May 2006, 22:01

The updated FDE is from...?

Chris Trott · Post by **Chris Trott** » 08 May 2006, 22:01

The CalClassic site.

britishtourer · Post by **britishtourer** » 08 May 2006, 22:03

I'll need to get that myself. It's a shame that J. Lucariny's planes don't have good FDE's or a VC, as his exterior models are excellent IMHO.

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 08 May 2006, 22:03

Ta Chris

Vixus · Post by **Vixus** » 08 May 2006, 22:35

Maybe he'll get round to it someday...

ianhind · Post by **ianhind** » 09 May 2006, 09:22

Never really appreciated what a C-4 Argonaut was at the time I saw them.

So the Air Links C-4s and the RCAF North Stars at Gatwick were "just another DC-4".

And who remembers G-ALHJ parked at Heathrow for many years?

http://projectnorthstar.ca/gallery/view ... aut_LHR_69

I guess it was scrapped eventually.

Ian

VEGAS · Post by **VEGAS** » 09 May 2006, 10:26

Never really seen a C-4 in the flesh. Sadly the only knowledge I had of them as a child was when my mum told me about an Air Crash in 1967 over my home town of Stockport, Cheshire.

I later learned it was a British Midland Argonaut which crashed as it was returning to Manchester (Ringway as it was known then) :sad:

Post by **Garry Russell** » 09 May 2006, 13:56

Ian

That C-4 was replaced at BOAC Maintenance by Comet 4 G-APDT

The C4 was moved to the fire dump when after a few years it decayed to the point of disintergration.

It was broken up and it's fire dump place was taken by the Comet G-APDT again.

The Comet in turn was replaced by Trident G-AVFG and that ended up in turn on the LHR dump the last real aeroplane for practice. That was removed elsewhere.

It's also worth mentioning that the RCAF aircraft were Canadair C-54GM-1 and were DC 4 with Merlin engines

TCA were C-54GM-2, CPA and BOAC were Canadair C-4 These were pressurised and used shortened DC6 fuselages with the DC4 empenage and wings and the Merlin engines of course. The TCA usually had 4 blade props for over water services and three blade for domestic. They did mix them and 3 blade were used on overwater. Several aircraft had their props changed more than once.

The Canadians called them North Stars

All in all it was a bid of a hybrid.

Garry

Garry