
December 1957 to June 1964
Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA)
CF-THL - c/n 272 - 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 fourteenth one built.
The total order for Type 757 aircraft reached thirty six in May 1957.
Production Order No. F14/757. Sales Order No. F14/76B. Stock Order No………
29 November 1957
First flight from Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
It was fitted with Rolls-Royce Dart RDa3 Mark 506 engines. The serial numbers were 3271, 3272, 3274 and 3285.
16 December 1957
Aircraft passed off by TCA inspectors as completed and ready for delivery at 14:20 local time.
This was the first TCA Viscount delivered in the 'White Top' livery. All subsequent TCA Viscounts had this livery.
This was also the first TCA Viscount to have the fuel jettison system fitted as denoted by the tube protruding from the wing trailing edges outboard of the flaps.
All subsequent aircraft had this system fitted prior to delivery. Earlier aircraft were not retro-fitted.
Departed from Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England on delivery to Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) with fleet number '630'.
It was flown by Vickers pilot Colin C Allen with an unknown TCA co-pilot.
It arrived at Prestwick Airport, Ayrshire, Scotland where it was refuelled and stopped overnight.
17 December 1957
Departed from Prestwick Airport, Ayrshire, Scotland to Keflavik, Iceland (743 nautical miles), Bluie West-8 (BW8) Airfield, Sondre Stromfjord, Western Greenland (890 nautical miles) where it was refuelled before continuing on to Goose Bay Airport, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (590 nautical miles) for another refuel before continuing on to 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.
18 December 1957
Departed from Dorval International Airport, Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada to Winnipeg Airport, Manitoba, Canada.
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.
31 August 1960
Total time 7,077 hours and 6,162 total landings.
1 June 1964
Transferred to Air Canada due to a corporate name change.
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