Canadair CL-44 Canadair developed a stretched cargo version of the Bristol Britannia with new and more efficient engines, aimed at the Canadian Air Force. It even flew passengers for Loftleidir (Icelandic). One final Conroy/Guppy configured version survives airworthy by 2002..

Convair built more than 500 of both the 44 seat Convair 240 and 52 seat 340/440 between 1947 and 1958. More than 100 of these, especially some converted with turboprop engines (as Convair 580 and 5800) survive in the 21st century. photo: Servaas Verbrugge, Era Convair 580 N569JA Anchorage, August 1999

CV-880/990 The Convair 880 and 990 were faster but less economical than the competitors. American disposed off their aircraft, like the pictured Cv-990 N5611, after a few years. Although Spantax continued to fly 990s for years, the last airworthy aircraft have stopped flying in the mid 1990s. Links: Convair 880 main page | Convair 990 homepage     photo: John P. Stewart
GAF Nomad  The sole Australian built commuter had modest success with about 170 built photo: Micha Lück, Kaikoura, New Zealand, 28 June 1999
Gulfstream I - G-159 The G-159, fitted with 2 RR dart engines, was aimed at the business market, but also played a role as airliners. After 35 years, many of the 200 frames built still play a role in corporate  transport. photo: Servaas Verbrugge, Amsterdam early 1990s
Gulfstream II, III, IV Jet almost 1200 are built of this US business jet. photo: Aart Langevoort, Amsterdam May 2001, Gulfstream IV, serial V-II of the Royal Netherlands Air Force

Lockheed L-188 Electra

Electra  The Lockheed Electra was the only civil turbopropliner designed and built in the USA. Early technical problems prevented production beyond 1961 and 170 frames, but many exemples survive into the 21st century. N1968R was the last passenger carrier, here seen boarding at Sand Point AK in 1999.  photo: Servaas Verbrugge, 19 Aug 1999

Lockheed P-3 Orion

In contrast, the military offspring of the Electra, the Orion, remained in production for 37 years, 755 fuselages are built until the last delivery in 2000.  A productionlist  will not appear on this website, as the  P-3 Orion Research Group will remain the Orion specialists whatever I try.     150520 is seen here preserved in Oakland. photo: Servaas Verbrugge, 23 May 1999

:Lockheed L-1011 Tristar
 

Lockheed tried to regain a position on the commercial market with its first and last passenger-jet, the Tristar. Douglas outsold Lockheed with the similar DC-10 almost twice. The competition prevented both companies to make a profit on the project.
As late as 1979, a longer-range version, the 500, was finally added. But it was too late.	photo: Micha Lück, Düsseldorf, late 80sThe main version, the Tristar 1 to 250, was most popular with US Domestic operators. German  holiday airline LTU operated some. The shorter long-range -500 was aimed at smaller airlines which are not able to fill  747s on long sectors, like TAP (Portugal), Royal Jordanian and BWIA. Royal Jordanians JY-AGD is seen here on finals in Amsterdam, 20 February 1992                                                                                  photo: Servaas Verbrugge
With the economical downturn of the early '80s, and with more modern 767s and Airbus' available, Lockheed decided to close down the line early. All original operators  have now retired their fleets. Delta was the most faithful operator till mid 2001. Download this zip-file for Excel (appr. 58 kb)

External Links:  Lockheed L-1011 Tristar Information Center |  The Unofficial Lockheed L-1011 page |  L-1011 home |  Widebody Trijet Page
Martin Mars JRM3 

The Martin company built a huge four engined water seaplane for the US Navy. The prototype first flew in 1943. Only 7 were built, of which two survive at Sproat Lake, Vancouver Island, being used as waterbombers in the case of fires. Both can be seen floating in between duties. . photo: Marcel Tissen, Sproat Lake BC, May 2000  t

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NAMC YS-11 

The only Japanese airliner was the YS-11. This sturdy design had a good safety record. It was mainly sold to Japanese airlines and the Government, the few frames in Greece, the USA made it a rare appearance everywhere. While production ceased in 1974 with only 182 built, it remains in small scale service in mainly Japan and the Philippines. JA8809 of Japan Air Commuter, seen at Takamatsu Jan 98. photo: Yousuke Hayamura  t

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