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| In service with Nordair from 1964 to April 1969, when it was sold to CanRelief Air Ltd (via J. Roger Bentley) |
Derelict at Sao Tome Airport thirty years after being abandoned there in July 1969 (Jakob Ringler) |
Things are looking up for CF-NAM in this April 2013 photo. Note the Nordair and JointChurchAir titles still visible on fuselage (Rob Schleiger) |
- To National Airlines October 1957 as L1049H N7134C
- Stored at Miami, FL from mid-1963 until sold to International Aviation Company December 18, 1964
- To Nordair December 21, 1964 as CF-NAM
- Ferried to Montreal where used as a source of spares in ex-National color scheme
- Restored and entered service with Nordair spring 1966
- To CanRelief Air Ltd April 24, 1969 and ferried to Sao Tome June 2, 1969 for use on the Biafran Airlift
- Stored at Sao Tome for sale from January 1970
- Sale to Canadian freight charter company fell through in 1974
- Canadian registration cancelled February 1980
- Abandoned at Sao Tome in derelict condition
- Plans are underway in July 2007 to declare the aircraft, along with CF-NAL, national monuments to commemorate the humanitarian airlift based out of Sao Tome during the Biafran conflict
- Aircraft, along with CF-NAL, forms the centerpiece of an airport restaurant
- Aircraft under cover and incorporated into the Asas D'Avião Restaurante Santola in 2018
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