RON DUPAS COLLECTION
No. 801. Douglas DC-8-41 (CF-TJA c/n 45442) Trans-Canada Air Lines
Postcard

Douglas DC-8-41

Original postcard caption:

"DC-8 Jet Empress Canadian Pacific - the only Canadian airline serving five continents."

03/31/2011. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "The DC-8-41 was intended for intercontinental operations and was powered by four 17,500 lb (7,938 kg) st Rolls-Royce Conway R.Co. 12 bypass engines. Fuel capacity was 17,500 gal (66,245 liters) and the maximum take off weight (MTOW) was 276,000 lbs (125 192 kg).

This was the ninth DC-8 built and it made its first flight on July 23, 1959 registered N6577C to Douglas Aircraft. It was delivered to the Canadian airline Trans-Canada Airlines (TCA) of Montreal, Quebec on September 25, 1960 registered CF-TJA with fleet number 801, the first of four DC-8-41s purchased by this airline. TCA was renamed Air Canada on June 1, 1964. It was later converted to a DC-8-43 with a fuel capacity of 23,400 US gallons (19,485 Imperial gallons or 88,579 liters) and a MTOW of 315,000 lbs (142,882 kg).

The aircraft was leased to the Jamaican airline Air Jamaica of Kingston from July 28, 1977 to March 15, 1980 registered 6Y-JME. On July 28, 1980, it was sold to the Peruvian airline Aeronaves del Perú of Lima, registered OB-R1205 and scrapped in January 1986 in Lima after having been withdrawn from use and stored. View also photo 545."