Shihit! Sad to see.

Truly amazing to see that emergency landing, the pilot made it look like he had done it hundred's of time...WOW!

Really sucks, but I assume there were no injuries.  For that we can be thankful.  Hate to see such a beautiful plane lost after all these years of service, though.

They are like me in that they have a yard in their property at Penhold with a bunch of Electras they have obtained  all over the world.  Pretty much all the ones on the yard are too structurally corroded and stripped out to fly again so they are parts donors, This one may join them, but I sure hope not.

Sure was good piloting.  The retardant tank took the brunt of the impact so maybe all will end well...

As for souvenirs I really don't think they'd open to that as it kind of reminds people that airplanes do go down and that isn't good for the company image. 

Back in the winter of '71 while skating on Burlington Bay, the police came out with a megaphone and ordered everyone off the ice. It seems there was a plane with some landing gear down on one side that wouldn't go up, and landing gear on the other side wouldn't go down. The pilot kept flying over Stelco & Dofasco to see if some good old-fashioned blast furnace heat might unstick it but it didn't help and he had to make an emergency landing on the frozen bay. He landed it and it spun a little but did not flip. It was a small plane but I can't remember if it was a Cessna of Beach Craft or...

It would be nice if they could repair that old Lockheed, but unless a dedicated bunch of enthusiasts do it for free, chances are it will be considered too expensive to fix.

There used to be a Dakota that I would first hear then I would go outside to see. It made regular runs with parts from GM in Detroit to GM Oshawa about 12 or so years ago. Those old radial engines sound unique.