CP Air's first DC-10 was delivered March 27, 1979 but left soon after registered PP-VMO for a one year lease to Varig Airlines (April 1979 - April 1980). Pictured with interim Canadian titles (which replaced interim Canadian Pacific titles) before a full re-painting. When Air Canada bought Canadian in 2000, the DC-10s were among the first aircraft disposed of. C-GCPC was converted to a freighter and stored at Goodyear, AZ 2000 - 2003 before leased to Centurion Air Cargo 2005 - 07 as N304SP. Last with Master Top Airlines (PR-MTC) from April 2007 until stored at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2011.

Once C-GCPC with CP Air / Canadian Airlines. It passed through several owners and was acquired by MTA Cargo Jan 2008 ex Centurion Air Cargo. Re-registered PR-MTC Dec 2008. The airline suspended operations circa 2010 and the aircraft stored.

Delivered new to CP Air 27th March 1979, leased to Varig as PP-VMO Apr 1979-Apr 1980 and CP Air changed into Canadian Airlines Apr 1987. Sold as N304SP 25th Apr 2000

On short final for runway 27L.

Being prepared for delivery to Brazil only days after arriving in Vancouver as C-GCPC from McDonnell Douglas.

The 2m timber fence with plastic mesh in the foreground was the boundary fence in the early 1980s.