Chilean navy Super Puma without its serial worn externally unfortunately. It crossed Santiago's international airport that day and as yet is still unknown to me.

Named "Piquero de Patas Azules" or Blue-footed booby ((Sula nebouxii), bird commonly found from the southern coasts of California to the northern coasts of Peru. It's one of the Galapagos Island's most emblematic birds. Plane delivered to JetSmart on December 2, 2023.

Former registrations include: N410XV, G-CSJH, SE-DRD, and OY-RCB. Before becoming Antarctic Airways, it operated in Chile with the same registration as Aerovías DAP, and Mineral Airlines. It wears an attractive color scheme that represents the Rockhopper Penguin, seen in the southern region of Chile.

Operating for Transmandu.

Delivered on January 28, 2024.

Former registrations include: N359PS, N181US, and G-FLTD. Delivered to Aerovías DAP on December 2007, passed on to Antarctic Airways on July 2011. Painted with King Penguin livery. In my opinion, a beautiful livery.

Chile was one of the very few military operators of the Beech 99A. Nine were delivered in 1970/71 and initially flown by Grupo 11 at Quintero, the last aircraft was finally withdrawn in 2010. 308 was placed onto the civil register in March 2000 as CC-KIW for operation by the Chilean Army Aero Club and sold to a private operator in November 2003 as CC-PLL. Registered in March 2005 to Mansfield Heliflight in the US as N391MH and returned to Chile as CC-CFM with Inversiones Aereas Patagonia (Aerocord) in January 2007. Crashed and destroyed shortly after take off from Puerto Montt in July 2008.

Delivered new 1st Aug 2006 and officially merged into Latam May 2016 but the aircraft remained in full LAN livery for a few years after the merger.

Missing presumed w/o over Antarctic Sea 09 Dec 2019. Crashed near waypoint DRAKE. Wreckage found 11 Dec 2019 38/38 dead

New colors, the only aircraft to wear this scheme... less than one month later the airline collapse..