
May 1957 to June 1964
Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA)
CF-THH - c/n 269 - a V.757 series Viscount
Canada registered
September 1955
An order was placed by Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) for a third batch of eleven Type 757 aircraft as a follow on from the previous Type 724 and Type 757 orders.
This was the eleventh one built.
The total order for Type 757 aircraft reached thirty six in May 1957.
Production Order No. F11/757. Sales Order No. F11/76B. Stock Order No………
12 May 1957
First flight from Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
It was fitted with Rolls-Royce Dart RDa3 Mark 506 engines.
15 May 1957
Noted at Blackbushe Airport, Hampshire, England carrying out Instrument Landing System (ILS) approaches.
16 May 1957
Aircraft passed off by TCA inspectors as completed and ready for delivery.
18 May 1957
Departed from Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England on delivery to Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) with fleet number '626'.
After refuelling at Prestwick Airport, Ayrshire, Scotland it then flew on to Keflavik Airport, Iceland (743 nautical miles) where it stopped overnight.
19 May 1957
Departed from Keflavik Airport, Iceland to Goose Bay Airport, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (1,323 nautical miles), Dorval International Airport, Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada (810 nautical miles).
The cabin seating was installed in Canada, as the seats used by TCA were of American manufacture.
The cabin was fitted out with 44 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.
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 8,972 hours and 7,497 total landings.
5 January 1963
During a service from Winnipeg Airport, Manitoba, Canada at 07:00 on flight number 50 to Malton Airport, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Captain Laurie Paxton and First Officer Joe Prime noticed during the approach to their next stop at Fort William Airport, Ontario, Canada that there was a problem with the nose undercarriage leg.
The crew elected to return to Winnipeg where only the main undercarriage legs came down. They made an emergency landing on runway 18 with subsequent damage to the nose area and curled propeller blades that resulted in shockloading to the Rolls-Royce Dart engine propshaft, bearings and casings.
There were no reported injuries to the 28 passengers and 4 crew on board.
There were two other known instances of this happening to TCA with one on exactly the same flight but nine months later to Viscount CF-TGU (C/N 58).
Repaired and returned to service.
1 June 1964
Transferred to Air Canada due to a corporate name change.
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