Still with Napier engines, before conversion to 580 standard with Allison turbines. DND photos.

Near Colorado Springs. DND photo.

Flying near Trenton, ON. Still with Napier engines, before conversion to 580 standard with Allison turbines. DND photos.

Still with Napier engines, before conversion to 580 standard with Allison turbines. DND photos.

Former Canadian Armed Forces CC-109 109157, or Canadair CL-66B if you wish, but probably better known as Convair 540 HP-1445 is seen here stored at Albrook in Panama.

Ex RCAF/CAF 11159 and 10959. Withdrawn from service and stored at Saskatoon in 1994 before being sold to Aeroperlas of Panama in 2002 as HP-1473. Reported as sold in Venezuela circa 2007, she remained stored at Tocumen until bought by Kelowna Flightcraft and returned to Canada as C-GTVJ in September 2012, when once again placed into storage and subsequently scrapped.

Kelowna Flightcraft obtained five former RCAF Cosmopolitans but an unsure market and challenges with certification resulted in all being scrapped except one which is 109152. It will be preserved and kept in Kelowna. 109157 was acquired in Panama City as HP-1445 and flown to Kelowna under temporary reg C-GPQY. The Canadair built Cosmos can be identified by the HF antenna hump on the top fuselage.

Parked on the old Northside at Heathrow, by the redundant freight sheds. You can see brand new BOAC 747s on the right.