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Lord W. Eric Watt shares this information and photos - I visited the Pima Air and Space Museum (PASM) in Tucson Arizona, where I live. As a former Air Canada employee, I am always struck by the sight of a former TCA aircraft on display. Here is where the very first Vickers Viscount delivered and flown by TCA rests. CF-TGI, Fin # 601, now registered as N22SN, sits in the Tucson Arizona sunshine. It is locked up tight in the condition it was donated. One wonders why? It was the 1st turbine powered aircraft to fly commercial revenue service in both Canada and USA, when it departed Toronto for New York with 40 passengers. As the very first Viscount in North America, delivered for Trans-Canada Air Lines…as the first turbine powered airliner in North America…one would think that some aviation enthusiasts in Canada would want to repatriate and refurbish it in TCA colors, placing it indoors, out of the Tucson sun. In the meantime, as a Pima Air and Space Museum member…I will visit it often. I encourage everyone to visit…and imagine it in TCA colors. |
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