Travel back in time with the Viscount
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United States
N240RC - Go Transportation Inc - April 1982 to November 1985
Transferred from Ronald J Clark and re-registered from N81RR. Taken at Midway Airport, Chicago, Illinois, USA circa September 1983.
Photo source - Pat Bukiri collection
Aircraft Summary
Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA)
This aircraft c/n 41, a V.724, was built for Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) as CF-TGJ and first flew on Friday, 24 December 1954 at Weybridge, Surrey, England.
During its life it was also owned and/or operated by Air Transport Leasing Corporation, William C Wold & Associates, Maverick Equipment Company, Kenneth Copeland Evangelistic Association, Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association, Ronald J Clark, Go Transportation Inc, Skytrek Inc, Jadepoint USA, Chase Manhattan Bank, Bill Walker & Associates and Turbo Aire Holdings Inc
Its final owner/operator was Guila Air as 9Q-CGA.Its fate:-
Converted to an executive V.744 series Viscount by Timmins Aviation in 1963.
Sold by Turbo Aire Holdings Inc to Guila Air in February 1993. Departed from Tucson International Airport, Tucson, Arizona to the Republic of Zaire in March 1993 but the journey took three months due to technical problems en-route. Noted stored intact in very poor condition at Tshikapa Airport, Democratic Republic of the Congo in June 2000. In November 2017 it was noted still intact lying in long grass but now with all the cabin windows removed. The interior and cockpit has been totally stripped of all useful parts by locals. Still visible on Google Earth 24 October 2020 with the port engine nacelles now removed.