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Cnadair CL-44-O Guppy to be scrapped.
Posted: 31 Jul 2006, 12:33
by Garry Russell
During an extension of the last airworthy Viscount discussion on that thread a sad piece of information came to light.
After many years of little activity at Teeside and then Bournemouth it appears the aircraft is about to be scrapped
Shame, especially given the uniqueness of the aircraft.
Here is the aircraft's history
http://www.allaboutguppys.com/cl44/cl44.htm
So if anyone wants to see it....now's the time
Garry
Posted: 31 Jul 2006, 12:37
by Reheat
Another link:
http://www.cl44.org/
I would suggest the last newsletter on that site may be of interest to all reading this thread.
Also any Ex Guppy engineers are required if they have spare time to help with the dissembly!
Alex
Posted: 31 Jul 2006, 12:52
by VEGAS
Wow, an interesting but sad article there. I did'nt know the last one was even in this country! :shock:
Shame it could'nt be acquired by one of the museums and perform one last ferry flight. :sad:
Thanks for the info.
Posted: 31 Jul 2006, 13:00
by Garry Russell
A point of interest here is that they were to be two Guppy's, but one was never converted.
The other one N446T was delivered to Conroy in December 1968.
In Feb 1969 it was leased to Mobile Oil.
On the 1st May 1969 it suffered an undercarriage collapse on landing at Anchorage and caught fire.
Garry
Posted: 15 Aug 2006, 19:55
by gwsimulations
What a waste. :curse:
Posted: 15 Aug 2006, 20:44
by AndyG
gwsimulations wrote:What a waste. :curse:
How is your Guppy coming along Graham?
AndyG
Posted: 15 Aug 2006, 23:29
by gwsimulations
AndyG wrote:gwsimulations wrote:What a waste. :curse:
How is your Guppy coming along Graham?
AndyG
Don't ask. I should never have volunteered to do a VC.
Posted: 15 Aug 2006, 23:32
by Garry Russell
Hi Graham
Seems a pity to hold it back just for the sake of a VC
Surley that can follow later? :think:
ATB
Garry
Posted: 16 Aug 2006, 00:04
by DispatchDragon
Never mind I read the thread - you werent talking about the 44 Guppy were you
Leif
Posted: 16 Aug 2006, 00:08
by Garry Russell
No Leif...not flying.
A couple derelict and one Yukon derelict in South America they want to get back
All about CL-44 here
http://www.cl44.com/cl44/cl44.htm
This is the last complete..Funny thing is recently I linked a pic of a derelict one that had been painted as XV something or other (196)? for a film. That one was later removed and restored to service !
Garry