In the case of Chile, uses C-130s, Twin Otters, it is based at Presidente Frei Base a Bell 412SP while the Navy has operated P-3s, Bell Jet Rangers and CASA 212. Currently they operated Bo105 and Dauphin.
The civil company Aerovías DAP has employed Twin Otter and nowadays flies there with BAe 146-200 and Beech 100 King Air.
Regards

Some images (100+) of Chilean AF open day at El Bosque AFB, Santiago on March 26. Included the F-16C display, Bell 412EP and Halcones team, plus various recently retired planes on the tarmac:
http://modocharlie.com/2011/03/puertas-abiertas-base-aerea-el-bosque/

Cheers!

Sad, that plane was based in Chile in the early 1990’s registered CC-CTG and named ‘Gran Ganso’ http://modocharlie.com/2010/07/un-ex-chileno-en-farnborough-2010/#comment-15340 🙁

Cessna 404

Just found the same video on YouTube, it has this information:

This video was shot on Dec 14th after a hydraulic line failure in our 404 Titan forced us to make an emergency landing with the gear up. The emergency blow down bottle had a valve malfunction as well so there was no option available from that point on other than to find a place to sit it down. At the end of the slide down the runway there was a small fire on-board which I extinguished before exiting the aircraft with my crew member closely on my six . I’d like to send my thanks out to my crew member, the engineers in Wichita and to the ground crew mechanics at Mountain Home Airport in Arkansas for their assistance in relaying the communications with the engineers at Cessna, and for their mechanical knowledge that they shared with us during this unusual situation we found ourselves in.

Regards.

Chile, México & Perú pics

Hi all,

A picture of a Peruvian AF Boeing 737-200 about to take off from SCL airport…a very noisy experience!

Chilean Navy AS-332F1 Super Puma & AS365Fi Dauphin during the MIO excersise last week at Valparaíso, during Exponaval 2010:

Finally, a similar excersise performed the same day at Exponaval, but this time by the Mexican Navy. It comprised an Eurocopter AS565 Panther:

Best regards.

Chilean Army Aviation 40th Anniversary

Hi, many thanks for your comments regarding the coverage of aviation on Chile’s Bicentennial 😉
Well, today’s the 40th anniversary of the creation of current Chilean Army Aviation: ModoCharlie has just published a photogallery (courtesy of Germán Lüer) with some rare types that were in the ranks of that armed force. Here is the link to the photo gallery:
http://www.modocharlie.com/2010/10/a-40-anos-del-comando-de-aviacion-de-ejercito/
Of course, any questions and doubts are most welcome.

Regards,
Pillán56

Two images from Chilean Army’s Cessna Skymasters:

There were three of them and were sold to civilian operators in the 1990s.

Regards.