109159_1977-02-11_MUC_1290_FWC
Photo from the Florian Weiß collection, kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
1977-02-11 (11 February 1977)
109159
Canadair CC-109 Cosmopolitan (CL-66B/580)
CL-66B-9
Canadian Armed Forces (CAF)
109159 from the No. 412 Squadron Detachment Lahr, W. Germany, was seen again at Riem the same year, on 4 December 1977. The Caravelle behind is Euralair’s F-BSEL.
Information from airhistory.net - thanks to Gary Vincent:
Originally a Napier Eland powered CL-66B delivered by Canadair to the RCAF September 20,1960 and was one of the last 10 Convair-Liners built. After support for the Eland was dropped, the Cosmopolitan was converted to 580 standard with Allison engines and re-delivered January 10, 1967.
109159 went on to fly in Panama as HP-1473 from December 2003. It was seen stored at Panama City (PTY) in November 2007 and flown from there to Kelowna, BC, in September 2012 (arrived 20 Sep 2012). (Sources: ruudleeuw.com, abpic.co.uk)
Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/109159/765741
109159 at YHM in October 1971 (Canadian Armed Forces titles):
abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1441758
Another shot of 109159 at Riem from the same day (11 February 1977):
www.airfighters.com/photo/155106/M/Canada-Air-Force/Conva...
This airframe as HP-1473 at PTY in March 2004:
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/0/1/5/0561510.jpg
This airframe as C-GTVJ stored at Kelowna, BC, in June 2016:
www.flickr.com/photos/egwu/30964573132
C-GTVJ among five other stored Convairs at Kelowna, BC, in June 2016:
www.flickr.com/photos/egwu/28556099703
Former RCAF 109159 was one of five retired RCAF CC-109 aircraft parked on the Kelowna Flightcraft ramp in September 2014. Each aircraft had about 15,000 hours and, while the engines had been removed, they all appeared to be in good condition. I was told that they all had glass cockpits installed just prior to be retired by the RCAF. Due to the difficulty in getting them certified for civilian use and a limited market for CV580/CV5800 freighters, by August 2017, all but C-GLWF/109152 had been scrapped. (Ralph M. Pettersen on airhistory.net)
More information on the CC-109s at Kelowna: www.ruudleeuw.com/canada07-saskatoon.htm
Scan from Kodachrome slide.
109159_1977-02-11_MUC_1290_FWC
Photo from the Florian Weiß collection, kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
1977-02-11 (11 February 1977)
109159
Canadair CC-109 Cosmopolitan (CL-66B/580)
CL-66B-9
Canadian Armed Forces (CAF)
109159 from the No. 412 Squadron Detachment Lahr, W. Germany, was seen again at Riem the same year, on 4 December 1977. The Caravelle behind is Euralair’s F-BSEL.
Information from airhistory.net - thanks to Gary Vincent:
Originally a Napier Eland powered CL-66B delivered by Canadair to the RCAF September 20,1960 and was one of the last 10 Convair-Liners built. After support for the Eland was dropped, the Cosmopolitan was converted to 580 standard with Allison engines and re-delivered January 10, 1967.
109159 went on to fly in Panama as HP-1473 from December 2003. It was seen stored at Panama City (PTY) in November 2007 and flown from there to Kelowna, BC, in September 2012 (arrived 20 Sep 2012). (Sources: ruudleeuw.com, abpic.co.uk)
Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/109159/765741
109159 at YHM in October 1971 (Canadian Armed Forces titles):
abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1441758
Another shot of 109159 at Riem from the same day (11 February 1977):
www.airfighters.com/photo/155106/M/Canada-Air-Force/Conva...
This airframe as HP-1473 at PTY in March 2004:
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/0/1/5/0561510.jpg
This airframe as C-GTVJ stored at Kelowna, BC, in June 2016:
www.flickr.com/photos/egwu/30964573132
C-GTVJ among five other stored Convairs at Kelowna, BC, in June 2016:
www.flickr.com/photos/egwu/28556099703
Former RCAF 109159 was one of five retired RCAF CC-109 aircraft parked on the Kelowna Flightcraft ramp in September 2014. Each aircraft had about 15,000 hours and, while the engines had been removed, they all appeared to be in good condition. I was told that they all had glass cockpits installed just prior to be retired by the RCAF. Due to the difficulty in getting them certified for civilian use and a limited market for CV580/CV5800 freighters, by August 2017, all but C-GLWF/109152 had been scrapped. (Ralph M. Pettersen on airhistory.net)
More information on the CC-109s at Kelowna: www.ruudleeuw.com/canada07-saskatoon.htm
Scan from Kodachrome slide.