Trans-Canada Air Lines was
the predecessor of Air Canada and was formed in 1936, making its
first transcontinental flight in 1938.
The times for these flights across Canada are
taken from the 1948 timetable available at the excellent web site
www.timetableimages.com
The above map comes from a 1954 timetable.
At this time the aircraft fleet consisted of DC-3s for local
flights and the service East of Montreal with trans-continental and
international services provided by Canadair North Stars. The North
Star was a development of the DC-4 with Rolls-Royce Merlin engines.
Transcontinental
Flights
St John's - Gander -
Sydney - Monckton - Montreal
Heading |
Distance |
West |
City Name |
ICAO |
East |
Heading |
Distance |
|
341 |
0.0 |
1020 |
St John's |
CYYT |
2030 |
- |
108.1 |
|
259 |
108.1 |
1145 |
Gander |
CYQX |
1930 |
161 |
277.3 |
|
293 |
277.3 |
1450 |
Sydney |
CYQY |
1620 |
073 |
192.5 |
|
288 |
192.5 |
1650 |
Monckton |
CYQM |
1240 |
108 |
381.9 |
- |
381.9 |
1905 |
Montreal |
CYUL |
0800 |
096 |
0.0 |
Montreal - Toronto -
Winnipeg - Calgery - Vancouver
Heading |
Distance |
West |
City Name |
ICAO |
East |
Heading |
Distance |
|
264 |
0.0 |
1140 |
Montreal |
CYUL |
2245 |
- |
272.5 |
|
313 |
272.5 |
1350 |
Toronto |
CYYZ |
2105 |
074 |
811.2 |
|
276 |
811.2 |
1755 |
Winnipeg |
CYWG |
1535 |
103 |
643.0 |
|
235 |
643.0 |
2105 |
Calgery |
CYYC |
1055 |
070 |
369.7 |
- |
369.7 |
2245 |
Vancouver |
CYVR |
0715 |
047 |
0 |
Flight Simulator Files
These flights are for
DC-3 and Canadair North Star aircraft.
There is a paint scheme for
the default DC-3, tca40s.zip, available from flightsim.com. A
repaint of the MAAM DC-3, maadc3t.zip, is available at flightsim.com.
The Canadair North Star by Jens Kristensen is available for FS9,
argo_v30.zip, and for FSX, argo_v30x.zip.
Both of these files are
also available from flightsim.com.
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