Travel back in time with the Viscount
This page will automatically change every 10 seconds
Canada
CF-THG - British Columbia Aviation Museum (BCAM) - April 2005 to current
Purchased from the British Columbia Institute of Technology and restored to its Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) 'White Top' livery with fleet number 625. Taken at Victoria International Airport, North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 13 June 2018.
The No.4 engine is displayed with the nacelle cowling open.
Note the aluminium blanking plate at the front of the engine where the Water Methanol Control Unit was normally fitted.
TCA chose to operate their fleet without this power restoration system.
Photo source - Alain Skelding
Aircraft Summary
Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA)
This aircraft c/n 224, a V.757, was built for Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) as CF-THG and first flew on Wednesday, 20 March 1957 at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
During its life it was also owned and/or operated by Air Canada, Beaver Enterprises Ltd, Harrison Air and British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
Its final owner/operator was British Columbia Aviation Museum (BCAM) as CF-THG.Its fate:-
Sold to British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) for use as a ground trainer June 1980. Noted parked outside at Vancouver International Airport, BC, Canada after retirement from ground instruction work in September 1995. Transferred to the British Columbia Aviation Museum (BCAM) on a barge from Vancouver to Victoria International Airport, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada in April 2005. Exterior of the aircraft was re-painted in Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) 'White Top' livery by October 2007. Put into the newly built hangar 18 September 2008. Put outside to make room for the rebuild of Avro Lancaster FM104 in September 2018. Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) the museum closed to the general public until further notice in March 2020. The museum has subsequently reopened. The Viscount has now returned to the hangar alongside the Lancaster.