Curtiss C-46 CP1319 "El Ultimo Carnicero"

Disfruten de un inolvidable Vuelo Abordo de una Aeronave Curtiss C-46 del año 1944 Volando Sobre la Cordillera Real de los Andes en el año 2012,volando desde el Aeropuerto Internacional de El Alto con Destino El Aeropuerto "El Trompillo"de la Ciudad de Santa cruz, Una experiencia Unica de Vuelo, Disfrútenlo. Gustavo Terrazas
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Enjoy a remarkable flight aboard a Curtiss C-46F built in 1945, flying over Andes mountain range from El Alto Intl SLLP/LPB to El Trompillo SLET/SRZ. Arriving in Bolivia circa 1976, this Curtiss was part of the "Bolivian Meat Hauling aviation era" carrying meat from the bolivian lowlands to the capitols in the west. The former Meat-Haulers (Carniceros) were involved in the gold aviation times in Bolivia, and their pilots were known as fearless and skillful men, many of them still live their old years to tell their story and others rest in the perpetuous "Cordillera".

Curtiss C-46F CP-1319, 16Jul45 msn: 22428, 44-78605 USAAF
A unique experience, enjoy it.

Glosary of meat-hauling aviation, before using GPS'S on board:

Falluca: Best part of the meat for the pilot
Ping-pong: many plane turnarounds on one day to the same village or Estancia
Culimetro: having a sixth sence
Cordillera: mountain range
Coroico: Town in Yungas used as visual reference or route
Tipuanero: Skillfull pilot who landed many times on treacherous & complicated Tipuani Airstrip
Pucho: cigarette
Manguito: a rudimentary oxygen hose for the pilot when flying above FL170 without presurization
Paso del Ferrocarril: Common VFR route used by pilots involving Ex La Paz - Yungas railway
La V: Pichacopupusani mountain near la cumbre in which planes woukd fly through
Paso Colorado: Near Chacaltaya mountain, another alternative VFR route
Radio Panamericana: Alternative ADF tuning, when no having a reliable ADF signal from SLLP

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