| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | NC18569 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Beech 18 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Beech 18 (C-45) |
| Aircraft Version: | Beech S18B |
| C/n (msn): | 173 |
| Operator Titles: | Aerovías NPR - Aerovías Nacionales Puerto Rico |
| Aircraft Name: | Kofresi |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | New York - Floyd Bennett Field (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: - IATA: - Local: NOP Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 16 December 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 577497 |
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Served two years with Aerovías NPR. Converted into a landplane and sold to the Canadian air force. Registered CF-BRO to satisfy US neutrality laws. Crashed at Tampa, Florida, at the start of its delivery flight to Canada on October 12, 1940. Kofresi is the name of the aircraft, not the airline. Roberto Kofresi (also spelled Cofresi) was a 19th century Puerto Rican pirate, which explains the pirate artwork on the fin. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution This photo was added on 10 June 2023, and has since been viewed 949 times. |