The Canadian Air Force acquired six Bristol Freighters during 1951 - 57. Based in Europe, the aircraft provided heavy transport among Canada's four NATO bases in France and Germany. The type was retired in 1967 and Wardair bought the four remaining aircraft including spares. CF-WAE (former RCAF 9699) was sold in 1975 and leased to Norcanair. It was donated to the Western Canada Aviation Museum in 1983 and is pictured outside the renamed Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada.

Old AeroMexico cabin trainer, has been hanging around the Mexico City international Airport since the 1970s! Photo taken from the roof terrace of the Skyline Coffee Cafe.

K25 slide scan. Built 1953 as CV-340 for United. Lake Central 1964, converted to CV-580 1967, merged into Allgheny as N5843 1968. Nor Fly LN-BWG 1980, Partnair 1985, leased to Ryanair during 1988. Kelowna C-FKFL 1991, operating at times for Trans Provincial and All Canada Express. Air Freight NZ ZK-KFH 1994, Air Chathams 2017, used for spares at Auckland by 2019. One of three CV-580's registered as C-FKFL the others being msn 372 and 465.

K25 slide scan. Built 1957 as CV-340 D-ACAP for Lufthansa. Converted to CV-640 as 7T-VAR and delivered to Air Algerie 1968. Atlas Aircraft Corp N848TA April 1981. High Line Airways C-GQCQ September 1981, merged into Norcanair 1984, merged into Time Air 1987. Canada West Air 1988, stored Tucson 1990. Reregistered N55AP 1993 but remained stored in Time Air colours until scrapped late 1990's.

Photographer: Martin Siegrist. K25 slide scan. Built as C-54A 42-72277 for USAAF, further registrations NC12491, LN-HAU, N1221V, LX-BBP. Its career as Carvair began on 29 July 1963 when it first flew as conversion #10 from Stansted as G-ASKG for Channel Air Bridge. Leased immediately to Alisud , returned to BUAF 1964. Leased to Air Ferry 1965 to 1966. Cie Air Transport F-BRPT 1969, TAR 1972, BAF G-ASKG 1973. SOACO TR-LUP 1975, Aero Service TN-ADX past 1980, stored Brazzaville. Overhauled 1993 for EclAir as 9Q-CTI, Transair Cargo 1995. Scrapped Kinshasa 1995.

photographer G. Genta

Departing from the operational base of its owners, Air-Dale Flying Service, on Hawk Lake, near Wawa, Ontario. Built for the US Army as 53-7958 and delivered in early 1955. Civilianised as N5318G with the Civil Air Patrol. Flew with Air-Dale from 1981 until 2015.

Not that common to have two Merch' on the ramp at EMA in the daylight. They usually spending their days parked up at Zurich, Belfast and Glasgow. The aircraft are G-APEP and G-APEK. G-APEP To British Airways on 13 Dec 1961 as a Vanguard 953 and was converted to a Merchantman in Mar 1971. Sold to Air Bridge Carriers 08 Nov 1979. Renamed Hunting Cargo Airlines by 15 Aug 1992. Preserved at the Brooklands Museum since 17 Oct 1996. G-APEK To British Airways 16 Sep 1961 as a Vanguard 953 and converted to a Merchantman Feb 1970. To Air Bridge Carriers 05 Nov 1979. WFU at EMA 1990 later broken up.

Former USAF 43-17201 is preserved here in ammaculate condition.

This abandoned Convair is hiding in a remote corner of the airport of Morelia, near the end of the runway. An unpaved path leads to this airplane. It can also be clearly seen from highway 48-D, but not from the airport terminal. Google Earth shows the airplane painted in bright colors but these have faded or have been washed away in the Mexican climate. What now remains is a decorative cover that looks like urban-graffiti. If you look closely you can still read the registration XB-GNM on the tail and dorsal fin. Also note the very faded "Cariboo" titles on the fuselage, from its time with North Cariboo Flying Service as C-GRWW in the early and mid 1980s.

former CS-DGA of the DGAC. Now on display at Sintra as, one side in the old DGAC colors as CS-DGA, the in other in an old TAP scheme as CS-TDE (photographer unknown)

became PH-DDZ with the DDA soon afterwards (photographer unknown)

Wearing neutrality markings. Photographer Thérèse Bonney (1894-1989) was in Finland when the USSR invaded the country on 30 November 1939. Picture assumed taken at Malmi. Photo by: Thérèse Bonney / UC Berkeley Library