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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:32 {1}
    Last Civil Registration:5A-DGE {2}
    Compressed ID:Canadair CL-44D4-1 cn 32 cr 5A-DGE
    Latest Owner or Location:Tripoli International Airport, Tripoli, Libya

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    Dates

    Event

    1962

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

    12 July 1962

    To Seaboard World Airlines with new c/r N229SW.

    11 February 1964

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number NYC64I0104: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 04:31 hours. There was minor damage. Incident occurred at the Gander Airport, Gander Newfoundld, Canada. Ground looped or water swerved during the landing rollout.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    9 August 1966


    Photographer: Ernst Haueter
    Notes: Zurich Airport ZRH. Scan from paper copy

    20 October 1968

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

    1969

    To Seaboard World Airlines Inc, Jamaica, NY with new c/r N429SW.

    10 July 1970

    Civil registration, N429SW, cancelled.
    Exported to England.

    13 July 1970

    To Tradewinds Airways with new c/r G-AWOV (CANADAIR CL.44 D.4, 32).

    September 1975


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: Tradewinds CL-44 G-AWOV lands at Bangkok, its big propellers generating visible vortices in the hot humid conditions

    15 December 1977

    To Transvalair with new c/r HB-IEO {2}.

    16 October 1978


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: CL-44 of Swiss cargo airline Transvalair at London Gatwick in the Autumn of 1978.

    December 1979

    To United African Airlines with new c/r 5A-DGE {2}.

    May 1980


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: 1980 photo of the swing tailed CL-44 operated by Transvalair

    By June 1983

    To Jamahiriya Air Transport keeping c/r 5A-DGE {2}.

    2003

    Permanently withdrawn from use.

    To Tripoli International Airport, Tripoli, Libya.
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
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