Canadair CC-109 Cosmopolitan

CC-109 Cosmopolitan CL-66
A CC-109 Cosmopolitan of 412 Squadron at CFB Cold Lake in 1985
General information
Type	Transport aircraft
Manufacturer	Canadair
Primary users	Royal Canadian Air Force Canadian Armed Forces
Number built	13
History
Manufactured	1959, 1966 (reconfigured variant)
Introduction date	1960
First flight	2 February 1959
Retired	1994
Developed from	Convair 440
Variants	Convair 540

The Canadair CL-66 was a turboprop version of the civilian Convair CV-440 Metropolitan. The CC-109 Cosmopolitan or "Cosmo" in RCAF service became the standard VIP aircraft as well as replacing the Douglas Dakota and the North American B-25 Mitchell in light transport duties. After a lengthy career stretching into the 1990s, the CC-109 was replaced by the CC-142 Dash 8 and CC-144 Challenger.