On loan with the museum and recently arrived at the time of the photo. Subsequently displayed at the Helicopter Museum from 1993 and current in 2022.

Photographer: William Draeger.

Photographer: William Draeger.

Photographer: William Draeger

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.

Delivered to RACSA in November 1963. It was one of many Airtourers entered in the R. M. Ansett Air Race of 1964, piloted by N. J. R. Wilson. This aircraft was written off in a fatal crash at Whyalla on 13 May 1974. [#AT36] Photo: Greg Banfield

Registered to Perimeter Aviation LP 9 May 2017.

Former RCAF 109157 was one of five retired RCAF CC-109 aircraft parked on the Kelowna Flightcraft ramp in September 2014. Each aircraft had about 15,000 hours and, while the engines had been removed, they all appeared to be in good condition. I was told that they all had glass cockpits installed just prior to be retired by the RCAF. Due to the difficulty in getting them certified for civilian use and a limited market for CV580/CV5800 freighters, by August 2017, all but C-GLWF/109152 had been scrapped.

Seven out of 12 Magisters in external storage at Menara AB, having been supplanted by Alpha Jets in the advanced trainer role some years ago. The other six here are 218, 215, 176, 123, 227 and 226, followed by SA330L CN-ARY. About 21 were received in the late sixties, refurbished in France but mainly from WGAF stocks (157 was ex AA+248). Some of the others are preserved on poles at various bases around the country