Aircraft Photo of N607Z | Curtiss C-46F Commando | Universal Airlines | AirHistory.net #612671
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N607Z
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46F Commando
C/n (msn):22580
Operator Titles:Universal Airlines
Location
City / Airport:La Paz - El AltoMap
Country:Bolivia
Airport Codes:ICAO: SLLP   IATA: LPB   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:1 December 1977
Photo from:René Buschmann Collection
Photo ID: 612671
Photo Comment

Previously operated by Universal Airlines from the USA, and withdrawn from use in 1967 and sold. It went through various US owners, but remained in storage. It was eventually sold to Rudolfo Castex from Argentina in September 1974, who operated it in South America. Interestingly, Castex also kept the Commando in full Universal Airlines livery, as seen here. In 1984 it was acquired by Transportes Aéreos Universal from Bolivia (formed in 1979) and became CP-1524. Its fate is unclear, but registration CP-1524 had been cancelled by 1998. Presumably scrapped.

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