| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | CP-1433 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Convair 240 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Convair 240/600 (C-131/T-29/Samaritan) |
| Aircraft Version: | Convair T-29D |
| C/n (msn): | 52-42 |
| Operator Titles: | Fri Reyes - Frigorífico Reyes |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | La Paz - El AltoMap |
| Country: | Bolivia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: SLLP IATA: LPB Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 2 November 1992 |
| Photo by: | Tim Spearman |
| Photo ID: | 447207 |
| Photo Comment |
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Ex 53-3496. Last operational unit was the Air Defence Weapons Centre at Tyndall FLA. Withdrawn to MASDC in February 1975 and departed to Bolivia in July 1978. Withdrawn by the late 1980s and scrapped circa 2009. Famous for operating the last two commercially operated B-17s, Frigorifico Reyes became the largest of the meat hauling companies flying out of La Paz in the 1970s and 1980s, eight Convairs were acquired as well as a numbers of DC4s and DC6s. This photo is copyright © Tim Spearman, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 17 March 2022, and has since been viewed 260 times. |