to Paraguay Air Force as 0232

LATN was run by the Paraguayan air force. This photo shows members of the Hutterite Bruderhof community who, having fled for Hitler, lived in an area called Primavera, near Villa del Rosario, between 1941 and 1961. Photo by: Hans Gerber / ETH-Bibliothek Zürich

Ex Netherlands Air Force S-8, ex US Army 55-4584.

Probably belonged to Escuadrilla Aérea de Demonstración (1974 -1979)

This is one of nine airframes seized the 8th of October 2020 by the Paraguayan Police after an operation against drug trafficking . The other ones being ZP-BIX, ZP-BQF, ZP-BEH, ZP-TZN, ZP-JTU, ZP-TZZ, ZP-BMM and, surprisingly, a helicopter from the Buenos Aires Police that, according to the authorities, didn't have permission to be at Paraguay . Research by the authorities lead to dismantle a private airfield in Areguá as this was the departure location of a burnt aircraft found at El Chaco one week before. The pilot was found buried and riddled with bullets near the plane whose payload had been previously removed (presumably 450Kg of cocaine).

Deperdussin model T (replica) Placed in the central hall of International Airport Silvio Pettirossi. Silvio Pettirossi was the first aviator of Paraguay

Deperdussin model T (replica) Placed in the central hal of International Airport Silvio Pettirossi. Silvio Pettirossi was the first aviator of Paraguay

One of several Cessna types within the Paraguayan Navy. This 150M, seen here hiding in a dark hangar, was delivered to them in February 1976 (ex N7793U).

It has the tail of 1020. Stored at Campo Grande AB since at least 1997, and on display at this square since about 2006. Still there by 2020.

It has the tail of 1020. Stored at Campo Grande AB since at least 1997, and on display at this square since about 2006. Still there by 2020.

On display at this location along the Autopista Silvio Pettirossi since about 2006. Still there by 2020.

It has the tail of 1024. Stored at Campo Grande AB since at least 1997, and on display at this location along the Autopista Silvio Pettirossi since about 2006. Still there by 2020.

This old CL-600 (delivered March 1982) was used for drugs smuggling activities in September 2020 and landed on an illegal airstrip on the banks of the Catatumbo River, in the Sur del Lago Maracaibo region in Venezuela close to the border with Colombia. After landing the aircraft was set on fire, and the burned wreck of this Challenger was discovered on 27 September 2020.

Delivered to the Navy in 1996 or early 1997.

Note the "Tapé Avirú" titles on the engine.

Delivered as LV-ADO in 1949 and acquired by Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas in 1962. Withdrawn from use by 1972 and stored at Asunción. Placed on display as seen here circa 1997, but looking much worse now than nine years earlier.

This Texan (or Harvard) was obtained in June 1979 from the South African AF (ex 7715). It was last noted in 1988, and thought to have been scrapped since. The aircraft is now on display at the south entrance of the base, where it appeared in early 2018. It is possible that it is actually another airframe, carrying a fake serial.

This C-47A started life as 42-92725 of the USAAF, delivered in Feb 1944. In the late 1970s it briefly served with the Chile Air Force as 969, before being transferred to the Paraguay Air Force in the early 1980s as 2030. It reportedly suffered a mishap of some kind on 24 Nov 1994 and was wriiten off, ending up in storage here at Campo Grando AB. The aircraft does not show apparent signs of damage.