
May 1956 to June 1964
Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA)
CF-TGZ - c/n 144 - a V.757 series Viscount
Canada registered
August 1954
An order was placed by Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) for an initial batch of seven Type 757 aircraft as a follow on from the previous Type 724 order.
This order was placed before they had received their first Type 724!
This was the third one built.
The total order for Type 757 aircraft reached thirty six in May 1957.
Production Aircraft No. 109 - the 109th production Type 700 series Viscount built,
was the 70th Viscount fuselage assembled at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England,
and the 72nd Viscount assembled at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
Production Order No. F03/757. Sales Order No. F03/76B. Stock Order No. F50/22B.
21 March 1955
TCA issued technical instruction V-05.04-1/1 to apply the word 'Viscount' to the tail section in 8.5 inch high red letters edged in white at the first opportunity.
2 June 1955
TCA issued technical instruction V-31.02-2/5 to apply the word 'Viscount' to the inside of the passenger loading door in 4 inch high red letters edged in white at the first opportunity.
28 October 1955
Fuselage assembly commenced at Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
20 December 1955
Fuselage to Erecting Shop 'E' at Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
14 April 1956
First flight from Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
It was fitted with Rolls-Royce Dart RDa3 Mark 506 engines.
19 April 1956
Noted at Blackbushe Airport, Hampshire, England.
11 May 1956
Aircraft passed off by TCA inspectors as completed and ready for delivery.
The word 'Viscount' had not been added to the tail at this stage.
12 May 1956
Departed from Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England on delivery to Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) with fleet number '618'.
After arriving at Prestwick Airport, Ayrshire, Scotland they refuelled and continued on to Keflavik Airport, Iceland (743 nautical miles) where they stopped overnight.
13 May 1956
Departed from Keflavik Airport, Iceland to Bluie West 8 (BW8) Airfield, Sondre Stromfjord, Western Greenland (880 nautical miles), Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (872 nautical miles), Dorval International Airport, Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada (810 nautical miles).
BW8 was built during WWII to assist the transfer of military aircraft from North America to Europe and was opened in October 1941.
The cabin seating was installed in Canada, as the seats used by TCA were of American manufacture.
The cabin was fitted out with 40 seats which was a reduction from the original 48 seat specification and provided more leg room.
This was heavily marketed and resulted in a high load factor compared to the 18 seat Douglas DC-3 that it replaced on some routes.
July 1956
Cabin interior changed to a two class 44 seat arrangement.
10 July 1957
TCA issued instructions that all Viscounts would be repainted in a 'White Top' livery when a suitable maintenance period became available.
31 August 1960
Total time 11,475 hours and 9,203 total landings.
1 June 1964
Transferred to Air Canada due to a corporate name change.
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