1/200 HERPA VIKERS-VISCOUNT-724D TRANS-CANADA AIRLINES (LIMITED EDITION)

1/200 HERPA (HE558938) VIKERS-VISCOUNT-725D (CF-THI) TRANS-CANADA AIRLINES (LIMITED EDITION) Flown by Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) / Air Canada from 1955 to 1969 (the first turboprop service in North America) . Modifications instigated by TCA (particularly winterization of the airplane), enabled North American operations; became first British airliner used by a North American airline. A total of 51 Viscounts were delivered to the predecessor of Air Canada starting from 1954. Following retirement in 1969, CF-THI was flown to Ottawa, and is today preserved as part of the National Aeronautical Collection within the National Museum of Science and Technology.