02/28/2015. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This is a Douglas Model DC-8-41 which was intended for intercontinental operations and was powered by four 17,500 lb (7 938 kg) Rolls-Royce Conway R.Co. bypass engines. Fuel capacity was 17,500 gallons (66,245 l) and the maximum take off weight (MTOW) was 276,000 lbs (125,192 kg).

This was the 18th DC-8 built and it made its first flight on April 28, 1959 registered N6578C to Douglas Aircraft. It was delivered to the Canadian airline Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) of Montreal, Quebec on May 25, 1960 registered CF-TJB with fleet number 802, the second of four DC-8-41s purchased by this airline. TCA was renamed Air Canada on June 1, 1964. CF-TJB was later converted to a DC-8-43 with a fuel capacity of 23,400 gallons (88,579 l) and a MTOW of 315,000 lbs (142,882 kg).

The aircraft was sold to the Swiss company Transvalair of Sion in June 1977 and scrapped in December 1977 at Sion Airport."