Travel back in time with the Viscount
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Canada
CF-TGJ - Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) - January 1955 to June 1964
Delivered new to Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) with fleet number '602'. Taken at Malton Airport, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 11 September 1960.
George and his four siblings, with his parents are going on board for a service to Midway Airport, Chicago, Illinois, USA. His mother Dorothy is waving at the top of the steps to the photographer.
Their onward journey from Chicago took them to San Francisco where they boarded the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) liner SS Iberia for the long Pacific voyage to Australia.
Note the jeep baggage travelators.
Photo source - George L Ayers
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.