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Miss Rita Ann Tobin and Miss Sheila Martha Thomson were employed by TCA as stewardesses on August 4, 1954, and May 25, 1955, respectively. Both had received the usual training provided by TCA for cabin attendant personnel.
The Aircraft
Viscount aircraft CF-TGR, type 724, serial No. 55, was manufactured by Vickers—Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd., Waybridge, Surrey, England, and was delivered to Trans-Canada Air Lines on June 23, 1955. Its certificate of airworthiness, No. 4866, was currently effective. The aircraft had been flown a total of 2,586 hours. It was powered by four Rolls Royce Dart 506 engines, equipped with Rotol R 139/4/20-4/17E propellers.
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