Photo by Patrick Martin

Time Air's Convair C-FPWS beginning taxi in a photo that's total history now. The aircraft was withdrawn in 1991 and broken up by 2005. The Pacific Western tug and cart in the background would be Canadian Airlines by late 1986 and Edmonton City Centre Airport itself would close in 2013. Edmonton is developing the land into a new community known as Blatchford (the airport was first named for Winnipeg's mayor Kenneth Alexander Blatchford who helped develop it in 1927).

Time Air was the last airline to operate this Convair. It was stored at Springbank, AB in December 1991 and broken up by 2005.

Photographer: Neil Aird.

This Convair from 1957 started its life as a CV-440 with All Nippon before it was converted to -640 turboprop standard in 1965. Time Air was its last operater; the airline withdraw the aircraft at Springbank in 1991, where it was broken up in 2005.

Looking totally immaculate here with C-FPWY in the background, this Dart-powered Convair was converted from ANA CV-440 JA5055 in 12.65 and flew with Hawaiian as N45004 till sold to Pacific Western in 2.67. Wfu at Springbank, AB 12.91 and b/u 2.05