Named "Ancient Lady" on the tail. Officially quoted as cn 30386 ex HI-171, but that aircraft was destroyed near Daytona Beach, FL, while being airlifted to a museum on 2 Jun 1989. Instead, C-GTXW is believed to be cn 26946 ex HI-163.

World War II Veteran originally 42-96724, this Commando came to Canada in 1987 for Air Manitoba. It was written off while with Buffalo Airways during an emergency landing at Déline, NT. After shutting down one engine due to an oil leak, the aircraft was intentionally landed gear up and slid off the end of the runway.

First with Rousseau Aviation after being registered as G-AYIR by HS in 1970, this 748 ended its days in Canada with Wasaya. Burnt out when parked after arrival at Sandy Lake Airport, ON for a fuel drop off. Note the custom-fit hangar doors to keep the cold out in this 1988 record. When I shot C-FTTW in the same place two years earlier, it was still in ex-Air Botswana colours