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Thomas Kim posted the photo below (circa 1980's) on Facebook in October. Those who remember being able to park on the roof of Terminal 1 in Toronto (YYZ) for airplane watching will recognize the view. In the foreground are three CP Air aircraft, a DC-8 and B-727 parked at gates, and another B-727 on pushback. In the background are cargo facilities with the Air Canada '747' hangar in the distance. A Wardair B-747 is just visible exiting the hangar; Wardair rented hangar space from AC at the time. Editors' Note: The DC-8-43 in the photo, CF-CPF/C-FCPF, was CP's first DC-8, delivered February 22, 1961. Originaly named Empress of Vancouver, then Empress of Rome, and briefly before retirement in late 1981, Empress of Santiago. Sold to a long-defunct Colombian cargo carrier for spare parts. |
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Below are CP Air poster (left) and a timetable cover (right) found at vintageairliners.com |
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From the 'CP Air News' magazine. |
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Issue dated March 1976 |
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VIP Aircraft - A Boeing 707 of the People's Republic of China waits in CP Air's hangar at Vancouver for a flight to Los Angeles recently. The aircraft arrived from Peking to fly former U.S. President Richard Nixon and Mrs. Nixon to China for an eight day visit in February. |
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Nearing Completion - Two new simulators due for delivery later this year undergo tests at the CAE Electronics Ltd. test centre in Montreal. The two pieces of equipment, a Boeing 747 simulator in the foreground and a Boeing 727 will join two other company owned simulators, a DC-8 and Boeing 737, now installed at the recently-completed training building at the YVR Operations Centre. Cost of the new simulators is $6 million, |
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