Aircraft Photo of PP-VLA | Lockheed L-188C Electra | Varig | AirHistory.net #822836
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:PP-VLA
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed L-188 Electra
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed L-188 Electra
Aircraft Version:Lockheed L-188C Electra
C/n (msn):188-1139
Operator Titles:Varig
Location
City / Airport:Porto Alegre - Salgado FilhoMap
Country:Brazil
Airport Codes:ICAO: SBPA   IATA: POA   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:29 October 1988
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 822836
Photo Comment

On overhaul at the Varig maintenance facility. Delivered to Northwest Orient Airlines as N135US in 1961. To Varig as PP-VLA in 1970 then to Filair as 9Q-CVK then 9Q-CGD in 1993. Crashed in Angola in 1994.

This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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