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A few screen captures from Nordair tribute videos posted by John Desramaux on YouTube.
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Editors' Note: Unfortunately no location or names were made available. If any reader can supply any information we will pass it along.
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Extracted from the Canadian Aviation Historical Society (CAHS) Toronto Chapter meeting - March 2, 2019
Speaker Martin Keenan, Historian Reporter: Gord McNulty Click Here for the full text.
Seen taking off from Heathrow (LHR) is the de Havilland Comet airliner CF-CUN 'Empress of Hawaii' leaving for Beirut en route to Sydney including stops at Karachi and Singapore.
The first Comet to Australia, it would go into regular service for Canadian Pacific Airlines on March 3,1953. Canadian Pacific was the first overseas buyer of the Comet. Their order was placed in December 1949 for two aircraft to be delivered in 1952. The Sydney to Honolulu service is part of the Canadian Pacific trans-pacific service which operates to Vancouver by way of Fiji, Canton Island and Honolulu.
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Tragically, CF-CUN never arrived in Australia.
Departing from Karachi on March 3, 1953, it failed to get airborne while attempting a night takeoff on the delivery flight to Australia. CP never took delivery of CF-CUM. It was sold to BOAC. |
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