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Fecha de publicación original 20 de Junio de 2009

Historic Aircraft from La Paz: CP-1433

A review of historic aircraft currently stored, preserved or operational in El Alto Airport. La Paz - Bolivia

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Part I

 

We begin our tour of the airport in the northwestern-most quadrant, in what used to be the heart of the meat hauler / carnicero business, the installations of Frigorífico Reyes.

 

Frigorífico Reyes or Fri Reyes was one of the largest and more successful cargo operations in Bolivia, they owned, leased or imported at least 30 different airframes, they had plenty of write-offs though few fatalities, with time they traded out most of their aircraft and finally ended up storing some nine aircraft when they closed their doors in 1994. Of the stored frames three T-29s were irregularly scrapped, one has been fully preserved in Cochabamba and four aircraft remain in El Alto.

 

Aircraft historically allocated to this company:

 

B-17

C-131

T-29

CV-340

CV-440

Martin 404

C-46

C-47

C-54

DC-6

3

1

9

3

1

2

1

2

8

3

 

 

 

CP-1433. - This aircraft is a Convair VT-29D, construction number 52-42/450, USAF registration 53-33496 (as visible in the photographs above) other sources list the American serial only as "53-3496". The aircraft entered service in 1955 and by February 1975 it was stored at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. It was one of the last T-29’s purchased by Fri Reyes, and its incorporation date is listed as July 31st, 1978. Unfortunately I lack any operational photos of this aircraft though it was only stored by 1988.

 

DGAC file number would have been #905, but I don't have any further information on its Bolivian identity.

 

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