1/200 AEROCLASSICS200 DOUGLAS DC8-41 TRANS-CANADA AIRLINES 1960

1/200 AEROCLASSICS200 (AC19170) DOUGLAS DC8-41 (CF-TJA) TRANS-CANADA AIRLINES 1960 (LIMITED EDITION of ONLY 90) Trans Canada Airlines was one of only three airlines that ordered the DC-8-40 with Rolls Royce Conway engines (the others were Alitalia and Canadian Pacific). They entered service on transcontinental routes in April 1 1960 followed by international sectors on June -01. Four DC-8-41s (CF-TJA-D), four DC-8-42s (CF-TJE-H) and three DC-8-43s (CF-TJJ-TJK) arrived up to December 16 1961. The series 40s with their older engines were the first DC-8s to leave the fleet being withdrawn from September 1975 to June 1979.