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CANADA
TRANS - CANADA AIR LINES
AIR CANADA
Trans - Canada Air Lines
Air Canada
MAIN BASES : Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg
1 VICKERS VANGUARD
2 VANGUARD CARGO
3 VANGUARD INTERIOR
4 ROLLS-ROYCE TYNE
2 VANGUARD CARGO
3 VANGUARD INTERIOR
4 ROLLS-
PRESS RELEASES 18 NOVEMBER 1960
FROM THE PRESIDENT - THE VANGUARD SITUATION MARCH 1961
THE HANGAR QUEEN
CF-TKK # 911 AIR CANADA’S CARGOLINER
REMEMBERING THE VANGUARD by Captain Murray Wallace
THE HANGAR QUEEN
CF-
REMEMBERING THE VANGUARD by Captain Murray Wallace
An early publicity
photo issued by
Vickers-Armstrongs
of a Trans-Canada
Air Lines Vanguard.
Note the absence of
the dorsal fin, and
the unpainted
fuselage roof.
photo issued by
Vickers-
Note the absence of
the dorsal fin, and
the unpainted
fuselage roof.
COAT OF ARMS displayed on
the TCA Vanguards
the TCA Vanguards
Trans - Canada Air Lines was created by the Government of Canada, as a subsidiary of the Canadian National Railways Corporation to provide trans-continental airline service within Canada’s borders. Its first passenger service on 1 September 1937 was, however, operated on the Vancouver - Seattle route, previously operated by Canadian Airways.
Following the hugely successful operation of Vickers Viscounts, Trans - Canada Air Lines ordered twenty Vickers Vanguard V.952s on 3 January 1957, in a deal worth £23.9m ( $67.1m ) with spares, ( Works Order No. 53C ), and options on a further four, £4.2m ( $11.7m ). Three of these were taken up on 21 May 1960 ( Works Order No. 56C issued 8 July 1960).
Trans - Canada Air Lines became Air Canada on 1 June 1964, though the Enabling Act was not passed until 1 January 1965.