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| Based on Bristol "Britannia" airliner. The first prototype flew on November 16, 1960. A total of 39 aircraft were built, including 12 military CC-106 "Yukon" and 27 civil CL-44.
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| MODEL | CL-44D-4 |
| CREW | 4 |
| PASSENGERS | 214 |
| ENGINE | 4 x Rolls-Royce Tyne 515/10, 4273kW |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 95254 kg | 210000 lb |
| Empty weight | 40348 kg | 88953 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 43.37 m | 142 ft 3 in |
| Length | 41.73 m | 137 ft 11 in |
| Height | 11.79 m | 39 ft 8 in |
| Wing area | 192.77 m2 | 2074.96 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Cruise speed | 621 km/h | 386 mph |
| Ceiling | 9145 m | 30000 ft |
| Range w/max.fuel | 8991 km | 5587 miles |
| Range w/max payload | 4627 km | 2875 miles |
| Ron Day, e-mail, 17.06.2010 19:28 Flew this beauty for five years. Did many longgg flights. One from Haneda, Japan to Ottawa, Canada, 17 hours 45 mins. Alternate was Dorval. reply | | Tyne, e-mail, 17.08.2010 11:07 The latest CL44 Newsletter is being mailed to over 140 Association members in late August. In this edition, photos of Juan's work in Ecuador plus news of the Guppy and recollections of flying the 44 from former Transmeridian and Tradewinds crews. reply | | Tyne, e-mail, 17.08.2010 11:11 To Glen Carter- Hi Glen I have pictures here of you with Dutch Holland at Manston-I guess he has flown off by now? reply | | Larry Byrne, e-mail, 31.08.2010 21:52 Hi, Geoff, I've got you in my log book.I flew the Yukon '62-66, 3600 hrs Great old A /C. reply | |
| | Glenn Carter, e-mail, 18.02.2010 01:42 I flew the 44 1984-1988 scheduled run from JFK - UK twice a week and adhoc charters all over the world. Was very hard airplane to land smooth lol. Was a work horse for a long haul aircraft. Did not do well on short legs. Still have all the manuals for her too. Sometimes miss the old gal. reply | | don avey, e-mail, 21.01.2010 00:47 worked on this ac from 1960 to 1969, we called it the whispering giant reply | | Geoff Brogden, e-mail, 18.01.2010 06:40 Was involved with this aircraft in the military for ten years, instructing for the first half and flew as an engineer in her for 5700 hours. I loved her. reply | | 3VI, e-mail, 25.08.2007 10:31 Photos inverted. In CL-28 page there is the CL-44. reply | | Arron Aarons, 11.06.2007 01:11 Photograph above shows a CL-28 reply |
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