Conroy CL-44-O Bournemouth !

[keithnewsome]

I hope my memory is correct ?? this was the Conroy conversion wasn't it ? So a few photos from August 2015 .... Looking good but going nowhere I think ??

Keith

[andygolfer]

Yes Keith , that's the Conroy conversion. Only this one was ever built. It used to be regular at Stansted operating for Transmeridian Air Cargo. The last time I saw it was at Southend around 1998 when it was in Azerbaijan air Cargo colours. I knew it was at Bournemouth a few years ago but didn't know it was still there - nice see it still survives even though it's paint scheme has gone.

thanks for posting the pics, great to see it again
Andy

EDIT: here's a pic that I took of it (on slide film) of it at Stansted in the early 1970s:

stn 1973 N447T Conroy CL44 TMAC by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

[keithnewsome]

Yes Andy it was whilst I was reading one of you earlier posts on here, where there were questions as whether or not it existed, that I realised I had seen it fairly recently ..... if I look closely into my photos I can see, the remains of, Azerbaijan titles ??

Keith

[PorkScratching]

I remember seeing this at Stansted more recently than Andy's lovely photo - when it was operated by Heavylift in the late 80s/early 90s. A couple of years ago a lot of work was done on this aircraft with a view to it flying again, but then it stopped - I think excessive corrosion was found and work stopped or something similar? I doubt it will ever fly again, but it would be great wouldn't it?

[keithnewsome]

Oh Yes PorkScratching .... If I heard this was going to fly I would be there ..... But never say never .... Who knows ?????

Keith

[wiggy]

My shot of the Guppy when it visited Southend in the summer of 1998 at the end of its time as 4K-GUP with Azerbaijan Airlines. Lettering even more pronounced at that time and a mix of Azerbaijan Airlines and Buffalo Airways!

AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines Canadair CL-44-0 by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

Cheers

Denis.

[LondonEye]

A couple of scans from me.
N447T Transmeridian went to British Cargo AL. I do not know if it appeared with those colours.
It then became EI-BND with Heavylift Cargo, followed by Buffalo Airways.
Moving on, it became 4K-GUP with Azerbaijan, then passed to First International AL as 9G-LCA.
I believe it had engine tests back in 2013.
Would love to see it preserved somewhere.
Pete


CL-44-O Heavylift EI-BND 1 Stansted

CL-44-O Buffalo EI-BND Stansted

[propsmoke]

Hi guys..

Fantastic shots there of what is a classic...
a couple of scanned prints of when the beast was in my local (Teesside Airport) when there was a dock strike on in 1984... it then visited again back in early 2000 and was parked up for several weeks before heading down to Bournemouth..