December 6, 2006 at 1:14 pm
Does anybody know the story of this B737 at Chacalluta in Northern Chile? It’s on an airfield but some way from any tarmac.
By: Cessna172RG - 29th December 2006 at 02:09
it burns rather quickly,:) as there is a fire excersise once a year. But the ‘airframe’ is an old bus, which is reshaped every year…it’s a lot cheaper than using a real aircraft like in Puerto Montt, where they use a DC-3 -but they don’t burn it, it is used as a rescue simulator….’
By: zoot horn rollo - 27th December 2006 at 17:37
I was wondering about that as well….
By: steve rowell - 27th December 2006 at 05:52
If it’s plywood they’d only be able to use it once????????
By: Cessna172RG - 25th December 2006 at 02:49
hi,
It looks like a Boeing 737 but it isn’t one…the ‘plane’ is in fact a plywood airframe, used by Chacalluta airport’s fire service as a training device…:D
Cheers!