The first of three Convairliners added to North Cariboo's fleet, C-GRNB was registered in 1979. Later another CV440 (C-GRWW 1980 - 86) and a CV640 (C-FPWO 1984 - 86) were added. This aircraft was leased to Southern Frontier Air Transport in 1984 before returned to North Cariboo in 1986 and sold in the USA (N202RA).

Official Lufthansa photo CH 311-8-7. Delivered 18 September 1957. Converted to CV-640 7T-VAY for Air Algerie 1968. Sold 1982 as N849TA, High Line Airways C-GQCY 1982, Norcanair 1988, Time Air 1988. Withdrawn Calgary Springbank 1991 and subsequently scrapped.

Former N202RA just arrived in Haiti to serve with Vision Air.

The first Lufthansa scheduled flight to Fornebu was on 5 November 1966. From time onwards, Lufthansa operated a weekly Saturday CV-440 flight from Hamburg via Gothenburg to Fornebu, and the first arrival was photographed on a rainy opening day. First flight was in 1957, and delivered new to LH as D-ACEX on 18 September 1957. On 31 June 1968 it was sold to Air Algerie as 7T-VAY, and converted to a CV-640 with RR Dart 542 turbo prop engines. April 1982 N849TA for Atlas Aircraft Corp, and a month later to C-GQCY for High Line Airways. To Norcanair in 1988, operated for TimeAir unitl withdrawn from use in March 1993.

Later CF-HAF, N27KA, N27KE, N356SA (Salair). Written off 27-Jun-1995 near La Romana (Dominican Republic) while en route from Santo Domingo to Aguadilla.

Later CF-HAF, N27KA, N27KE, N356SA (Salair). Written off 27-Jun-1995 near La Romana (Dominican Republic) while en route from Santo Domingo to Aguadilla.

Became CF-HAF, N27KA, N356SA, W/O 6. June 1995 at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (MDSD)

Ex-OH-VKN. Later LN-KLV, N8021P, C-GRNB, N202RA, HH-VAH

Photographer Erkki Sipilä.

Originally delivered to Kar Air of Finland, this CV440 also flew with Finnair and Nor-Fly A-S (OH-VKN, OH-LRH and LN-KLV respectively). North Cariboo bought it in 1979, initially flying in this basic Nor-Fly color scheme. Sold to Southern Frontier Airlines in 1984, the aircraft next moved to the USA in 1988, first for Renown Aviation as N202RA. Sold (or leased?) to Vision Air Haiti as HH-VAH in October 2009, it was last reported stored at Aéroport de Port-au-Prince-Toussaint Louverture, Haiti.

Ex Key Airlines. To Salair Nov 87 as N357SA. To Portugal as CS-TML May 97, first with Agroar the ACEF Transportes. To Air Atlantique Jul 2001 as G-CONV. Had problems with certification and remained stored Coventry (UK) until dismantled and transported to a nursery (garden centre) at Carluke Scotland where it still was in 2018.

Exported to the USA in 1978 and crashed as N356SA on 27 June 1995 in the Dominican Republic.

Built in 1958 for Kar-Air as OH-VKN and in service with Cariboo from July 1979 to June 1984. Withdrawn from use while with Vision Air Haiti as HH-VAH.

In Kar-Air service (1957-1964) before Finnair. Sold 1973 to Canada as CF-HAF. Later N27KA, N27KE and N356SA. Crashed after take-off from Santo Domingo 27.6.1995. [Nikkormat FTn + Nikkor 105mm/2,5]

[Nikkormat FTn + Nikkor 105mm/2,5]

Landing on RWY 27. [Yashica D]

[Yashica D]

[Yashica D]

[Yashica D]