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| Trans Canada Air Lines was created in 1937. | ||||||
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In the mid 60's, Trans Canada became Air Canada. The graphics painted on the fins showed a white stylized maple leaf in a white circle on a red background. |
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The Viscount first came into service in 1954. |
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The old Trans-Canada Air Lines Viscount on the left illustrates the "traditionnal" graphics used by most airlines in the 60's. The fin on the right illustrates the '80s colorful graphics. (One must admit that in the early 2000, we see numerous "clinical white" planes from one company to another. This must reduce paint jobs as carriers lease their planes to one another from season to season...) |
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| A new logo was introduced in 1993 with a more realistic red sugar maple leaf on a (very) dark green background. | ||||||||||
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| The stylized maple leaf in a circle was kept forward of the name on the fuselage but red on white background. | ||||||||||
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| This modern plane (Airbus A340-500) with Trans-Canada Air Lines colors is a creation of Camil Valiquette. He is known worldwide for his numerous airplane models for FS98 on Windows 95. You can read the english translation of an article from Montreal's La Presse newspaper on Camil Valiquette in this web site.
Flight Simulator fans can go to Camsim web site at This image was reproduced with kind permission from Camil Valiquette |
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Air Canada has had a diversifed fleet through the years. In 1967, during EXPO 67, some were caught dreaming a bit... |
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Text : Jean-Pierre Bonin © 1999-2002
Photos : Trans Canada Air Lines Viscount & Norhteast DC-6 - Dorval, Sept. 1965
Some information of the text found in :
Air Canada, le pionnier du Nord in Toute l'Aviation. La grande aventure technologique des avions civils et militaires, Éditions Atlas, 1992.
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Web site conception and production , text, pictures and illustrations : Jean-Pierre Bonin © 1999-2003 Send suggestions and comments to : djipibi@hotmail.com If you use my pictures or illustrations, please send me your web page address by e-mail.
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