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    Airframe Family: Bristol 100/200/300 Britannia / CL-28/CP-107 Argus / CL-44/CC-106 Yukon
    Latest Model:CL-44D4-1 Yukon
    Construction Number:30
    Last Civil Registration:5B-DAN
    Compressed ID:Canadair CL-44D4-1 cn 30 cr 5B-DAN
    Latest Owner or Location:Cyprus Airways

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CL-44D4-1 by Canadair.

    7 March 1962

    To Seaboard World with new c/r N123SW.

    9 April 1962

    To Seafoard World Airlines Inc, Jamaica, NY keeping c/r N123SW.

    16 May 1964


    Photographer: William T Larkins
    Notes: Canadair CL-44 (N123SW) at San Francisco on May 16, 1964.

    11 October 1967


    Photographer: Danny Tanner
    Notes: At London Heathrow Airport

    12 April 1968

    Civil registration, N123SW, cancelled.

    29 May 1968

    To Transglobe Airways with new c/r G-AWGT.

    6 February 1969

    To Tradewind Airways keeping c/r G-AWGT.

    11 November 1970


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: Tradewinds CL-44D-4 G-AWGT refuelled at Perth on en route Cocos Islands to Melbourne

    1978

    To Cyprus Airways with new c/r 5B-DAN (Canadair CL-44D4-1, 30).

    11 May 1980


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: Seen here landing at London Gatwick - Cyprus Airways operated this single CL-44 on freight flights from June 1979 until it was written-off in a landing accident in November 1980

    4 November 1980

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was written off. This was a training flight. The accident occurred at Akrotiri RAF (AKT) (Cyprus) while landing. Narrative: The landing gear could not be lowered. A belly landing on foam was made.
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
    Internet Sources
     Aviation Safety Network
    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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