Aircraft Photo of YV-183CP | Howard 400 | AirHistory.net #453160
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:YV-183CP
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed PV-1/B-34 Ventura (L-37/137/237)
Aircraft Version:Howard 400
Manufacturers:Lockheed / Howard
C/n (msn):237-5599
Location
City / Airport:Bogotá - El Dorado InternationalMap
Country:Colombia
Airport Codes:ICAO: SKBO   IATA: BOG   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:11 November 1992
Photo by:Tim Spearman
Photo ID: 453160
Photo Comment

Built for the US Navy as PV-1 Bu.34709, to the RCAF as 2244 in 1943 and N1206 in 1954. Bought by Howard Aero Services and converted to a Super Ventura. To N5034F operated by the Firestone Rubber Company in 1961 and converted to a Howard 400. To N1970H in 1968, N197RD in 1969, N100LR in 1974 and YV-183CP in 1977. Stored at Bogota by 1992 and later transferred to the Colombian Air Force Museum and painted as 'FAC 654'.

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

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