Avion Pirata
Avion Pirata (Pirate Airplane) is the name given by Bolivians to a Lockheed Constellation which mysteriously carried flights into El Trompillo Airport in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, during 1961. The airplane has remained there since 1961, when it was forced to land by the Bolivian Air Force after a chase in which an Air Force captain died in a plane crash. The airplane has become a tourist attraction and an urban legend among Bolivians.
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Avion Pirata
Avion Pirata (Pirate Airplane) is the name given by Bolivians to a Lockheed Constellation which mysteriously carried flights into El Trompillo Airport in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, during 1961. The airplane has remained there since 1961, when it was forced to land by the Bolivian Air Force after a chase in which an Air Force captain died in a plane crash. The airplane has become a tourist attraction and an urban legend among Bolivians.
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Avion Pirata (Pirate Airplane) ...... urban legend among Bolivians.
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42,015,223
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688,420,984
civil registration
N2520B, later YV-C-AME
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fate
converted to a library and later a bank branch
last flight
1961-07-30
manufacturer
owners
previously Braniff International Airlines 8/55 - 11/60
preservation
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Avion Pirata (Pirate Airplane) ...... urban legend among Bolivians.
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Avion Pirata
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