| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | No Reg |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Deperdussin T |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Deperdussin T |
| Aircraft Version: | Deperdussin T (replica) |
| C/n (msn): | |
| Aircraft Name: | Paraguay |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Asunción - Silvio PettirossiMap |
| Country: | Paraguay |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: SGAS IATA: ASU Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 29 September 2015 |
| Photo by: | Wim Sonneveld |
| Photo ID: | 699445 |
| Photo Comment |
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Replica of the Deperdussin T flown by Paraguayan aviation pioneer Silvo Pettirossi after whom the national airport of Asuncion has been named. Pettirossi, who held the rank of Lt. of the Paraguayan Army, had a single-seat Deperdussin built which was equipped with a 60 HP Gnome rotary engine. It was a high-wing monoplane tensioned with steel cables, with a wooden structure fuselage, like the wings, with fabric covering. Pettirossi died, aged 29, in an accident with this plane on 17 October 1916. This photo is copyright © Wim Sonneveld, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 20 June 2024, and has since been viewed 93 times. |