Hello, welcome to the Home of the CL-44

On November 15th 2009, it was exactly 50 Years ago since the first airframe took the skies.
This website is created to keep the memories to this rugged freighter alive and to get in touch will all who would like to share their memories and memorabilia from the time the swingtail was the only way to go. If you enjoy this site, please send me an email, your comments and contributions, no matter how small, are really appreciated.
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Sad News

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About the author of these pages:
My name is Peter van Leeuwen-Casell and the Canadair CL-44 has been my, by far, favourite airliner since 1980 when I started to collect slides, photographs and informations around this swingtail freighter. Since then my archives have expanded beyond photographic and video records to models, drawings and I have an inventory of over 600000 pieces of CL-44 spare parts.

Early 1999, during a sponsored trip to Greensboro, NC - Thanks to UNITED AIRLINES - I was even donated a real CL-44D4 c/n 18 (see above) ex N448T, G-AXAA, N122AE by the Piedmont Triad Airport Authorities, but unfortunately the airplane was re-posessed after 3 months and scrapped due to Airport development plans.

She was in the way...What a Tragedy !