General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Card stock

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

15.2 cm

Width

10.0 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Commemorative

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Trans Canada Airlines (TCA) was formed by the Canadian National Railways. They launched their first flight on September 1, 1937, between Vancouver and Seattle. Throughout the next 25 years, TCA became Canada's national airline, and on January 1, 1965, TCA changed their name to Air Canada.

Function

To promote flights with TCA's Viscount Skyliner.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Print on face reads: "FIRST IN NORTH AMERICA - TCA'S TURBO-PROP VISCOUNT SKULINER LE VISCOUNT A TURBO-PROPULSEURS D'AIR CANADA"/ Backside reads: "The four propeller-turbine engines of the/ TCA VISCOUNT Skyliner make possible/ new standards of quiet, dependable flight./ Pour un voyage silencieux, rapide et sur,/ confiez-vous aux quatre turbo-propulseurs/ du VISCOUNT TCA"/ MESSAGE"/ [Drawing of a Super Constellation]/ POST CARD/ CARTE POSTALE"/ Rectangle with "stamp/ here/ timbre/ ici"/ printed in it/ Bottom reads: "Ptd. in Canada: ADV 47517 A-11-57 (150M-RR)/ TRANS-CANADA AIR LINES AIR CANADA"/

Missing

N/A

Finish

Coloured drawing on card stock. Backside print in black.

Decoration

Coloured drawing of a Vicount in blue skies.