2 results found
Registration / Serial: | CF-THG |
Fleet number: | 625 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers Viscount |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers Viscount |
Aircraft Version: | Vickers 757 Viscount |
C/n (msn): | 224 |
City / Airport: | Vancouver - International (CYVR / YVR)Map |
Region / Country: | British Columbia, Canada |
Photo Date: | May 1980 |
Photo by: | Gary VincentContact |
Photo ID: | 25852Submit Correction |
View count: | 1262 |
Delivered to Trans Canada Airlines March 28, 1957, this Viscount is here in its last days with Harrison Airways. Bought January 1977 along with another Viscount (CF-TIC) and serving as a source of spares. Sold to the British Columbia Institute of Technology in June 1980 to train aviation mechanics. Replaced by a 737 in 1995, it was stored outside and eventually used by the fire department for training. In 2005, it was sold to the British Columbia Aviation Museum for $1. Barged across the Georgia Strait to Victoria airport, it has been restored in original TCA colors at the museum.
Registration / Serial: | CF-THG |
Aircraft Version: | Vickers 757 Viscount |
C/n (msn): | 224 |
City / Airport: | Vancouver - International (CYVR / YVR)Map | Region / Country: | British Columbia, Canada |
Photo Date: | May 1980 |
Photo by: | Gary VincentContact |
Registration / Serial: | CF-THG |
Fleet number: | 625 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers Viscount |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers Viscount |
Aircraft Version: | Vickers 757 Viscount |
C/n (msn): | 224 |
City / Airport: | Vancouver - International (CYVR / YVR)Map |
Region / Country: | British Columbia, Canada |
Photo Date: | May 1980 |
Photo by: | Gary VincentContact |
Photo ID: | 25852Submit Correction |
View count: | 1262 |
Delivered to Trans Canada Airlines March 28, 1957, this Viscount is here in its last days with Harrison Airways. Bought January 1977 along with another Viscount (CF-TIC) and serving as a source of spares. Sold to the British Columbia Institute of Technology in June 1980 to train aviation mechanics. Replaced by a 737 in 1995, it was stored outside and eventually used by the fire department for training. In 2005, it was sold to the British Columbia Aviation Museum for $1. Barged across the Georgia Strait to Victoria airport, it has been restored in original TCA colors at the museum.
Registration / Serial: | CF-THG |
Aircraft Version: | Vickers 757 Viscount |
C/n (msn): | 224 |
City / Airport: | Vancouver - International (CYVR / YVR)Map | Region / Country: | British Columbia, Canada |
Photo Date: | May 1980 |
Photo by: | Gary VincentContact |
Registration / Serial: | CF-THG |
Fleet number: | 625 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers Viscount |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers Viscount |
Aircraft Version: | Vickers 757 Viscount |
C/n (msn): | 224 |
Operator Titles: | Trans-Canada Air Lines - TCA |
City / Airport: | Victoria - International (CYYJ / YYJ)Map |
Region / Country: | British Columbia, Canada |
Collection: | British Columbia Aviation Museum |
Photo Date: | 16 August 2017 |
Photo by: | Gary VincentContact |
Photo ID: | 14358Submit Correction |
View count: | 1359 |
This Viscount was delivered to Trans Canada Airlines March 28, 1957. Withdrawn April 1974, it was placed with Harrison Airways in Vancouver January 1977. Sold to the Pacific Vocational Institute in 1980 for training. Retired by the school in 1995, the aircraft was used for fire fighter training until sold to the British Columbia Aviation Museum for one dollar. Transferred to Victoria, the airliner has undergone a restoration to it's original color scheme for display.
Registration / Serial: | CF-THG |
Aircraft Version: | Vickers 757 Viscount |
C/n (msn): | 224 |
Operator Titles: | Trans-Canada Air Lines - TCA |
City / Airport: | Victoria - International (CYYJ / YYJ)Map | Region / Country: | British Columbia, Canada |
Photo Date: | 16 August 2017 |
Photo by: | Gary VincentContact |
Registration / Serial: | CF-THG |
Fleet number: | 625 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers Viscount |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers Viscount |
Aircraft Version: | Vickers 757 Viscount |
C/n (msn): | 224 |
Operator Titles: | Trans-Canada Air Lines - TCA |
City / Airport: | Victoria - International (CYYJ / YYJ)Map |
Region / Country: | British Columbia, Canada |
Collection: | British Columbia Aviation Museum |
Photo Date: | 16 August 2017 |
Photo by: | Gary VincentContact |
Photo ID: | 14358Submit Correction |
View count: | 1359 |
This Viscount was delivered to Trans Canada Airlines March 28, 1957. Withdrawn April 1974, it was placed with Harrison Airways in Vancouver January 1977. Sold to the Pacific Vocational Institute in 1980 for training. Retired by the school in 1995, the aircraft was used for fire fighter training until sold to the British Columbia Aviation Museum for one dollar. Transferred to Victoria, the airliner has undergone a restoration to it's original color scheme for display.
Registration / Serial: | CF-THG |
Aircraft Version: | Vickers 757 Viscount |
C/n (msn): | 224 |
Operator Titles: | Trans-Canada Air Lines - TCA |
City / Airport: | Victoria - International (CYYJ / YYJ)Map | Region / Country: | British Columbia, Canada |
Photo Date: | 16 August 2017 |
Photo by: | Gary VincentContact |