RON DUPAS COLLECTION
No. 545. Douglas DC-8-41 (N6577C c/n 45442) Trans-Canada Air Lines
Photograph from Trans-Canada Air Lines
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02/15/2007. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This was the ninth DC-8 built and it made its first flight on July 23, 1959 registered N6577C by Douglas Aircraft. On September 25, 1959, it was delivered to Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) registered CF-TJA and assigned fleet number "801". TCA was renamed Air Canada on June 1, 1964. It was subsequently converted to a DC-8-43 and later leased to Air Jamaica of Kingston, Jamaica, as 6Y-JME from July 28, 1977 to March 15, 1980. On July 28, 1980, it was sold to the Peruvian airline Aeronaves del Peru and later withdrawn from use, stored in Lima, Peru, and scrapped in January 1986." |
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