The parts that they are talking about are a fairly recent upgrade of the E and H model Hercules. They upgraded the avionics and cockpit of all E and H models just prior to 2000 to give them a nice new glass cockpit. All aircraft were upgraded, including those that were at the end of their service life because of hours flown. The Americans are still in the middle of an upgrade for their H models to bring them to the same standard. Those parts should have been taken out of the aircraft and put back in the supply system prior to the aircraft being disposed of, but someone screwed up. This is not a story about obsolete parts, it is a story about the RCAF not properly preparing an aircraft prior to disposal.