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Photo taken by Wilhelm Hell, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.

 

 

München-Riem

April 1974

 

N602SA

Canadair CL-44D4-6

28

Air Calypso

 

N602SA is taxiing to Riem’s runway 25 for take-off.

 

Leased from Intraco/International Air Lease Inc.; ex Airlift (titles still visible on the forward fuselage). According to reports from the time, this aircraft was inscribed "leased and operated by Barbados Intercontinental Airways" (on behalf of "Air Calypso") - I think this may be the small line of text visible under the cockpit. Visited Munich-Riem on 1974-01-10, 1974-01-12, 1974-01-14, 1974-01-16 ..., operating cargo charter flights (vegetables, fruit) to Asmara and Jeddah, respectively, every two days.

 

Information from airhistory.net - thanks to Paul Seymour:

Delivered to Slick Airways as N602SA in 1862. Merged into Airlift International in 1966. To Air Calypso then to Cairgo as VP-LAT and registered as N62174 in 1974. To Tradewinds as G-BCWJ in 1975. Damaged beyond repair when undercarriage collapsed on landing at Nairobi on 6 July 1978.

 

Detailed history of this airframe:

www.cl44.com/cl44/prodlist/serial28.htm

 

Registration details for this airframe:

rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=246144

 

This airframe as N602SA with Slick Airways:

www.airlines-airliners.com/hauptimages4/n602sa.jpg

 

This airframe as N602SA with Airlift at Shannon in April 1969:

www.flickr.com/photos/shanair/10886163765

 

This airframe as N602SA with Trans Mediterranean Airways (TMA of Lebanon):

www.airlinefan.com/photos/memberdir15/watermarked/large_w...

 

Another shot of N602SA from Riem, without sunshine:

www.flickr.com/photos/161645265@N08/48247988481

 

This airframe as VP-LAT with Cairgo at STN in September 1974:

www.flickr.com/photos/sschofield11/49033205092

 

This airframe as G-BCWJ with IAS Cargo at DUS in 1977:

www.dusinfo.net/sp/large/5160.jpg

 

This airframe as G-BCWJ with Tradewinds at GIG in February 1978:

imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/1/1/6/1109611.jpg

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide (on Kodak Photo CD).

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Uploaded on May 9, 2024
Taken in April 1974