any Cessna 172 RG? 😎

LesB:

today, the ‘343’ looks exactly as in the third photo you posted here…I’ve heard that the second Caberra is going to be repainted soon.

Best,

C172RG

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In anycase my big blue book on “World Airforces Inventories” published in 1988 suggests the Chilian Air force then consisted of the following aircraft engaged in some form of “trainer” role:

28 x Cessna A-37 (light attack & training) – being superceded
20 x Cessna T-37B/C (trainer)
8 x Cessna T41 Mescalero (trainer)

These were all? due to be replaced by Embraer EMB Tucano’s, Halcons and Aviojets

already in service were:
80 x ENAER T-36 Halcon (basic/aerobatic/Instrument trainer)
26 x CASA Aviojet (trainer)
32 x Hawker Hunter (fighter bomber/trainer)
15 x Northrup(SIC) F5E Tiger II (interceptor/trainer)
10x Piper PA-28 Dakota (trainer)
5x Pitts S-2A Special
1x Sequoia Falco (trainer) 😮

Navy

10x Pilatus PC-7(turbo trainer)

Army
16-18? x Cessna R172 Hawk (trainer)

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In the 60s and 70’s Chile operated the following trainers:
Cessna T-37B/C
Beech 45 (T-34) by both FACh and Navy
Lockheed T-33A
N.A. T-6
Beech 99A (navigation trainers)
Cessna T-41

The T-6s were retired in 1979, T-33s by 1974, T-37s in 1998, T-34s in 1987 (in the Navy were phased out service in 1980), and T-41s were retired in 1981. The Beech 99s were retrofitted for ASW tasks.
The current aircraft list is as follows:
ENAER T-35 Pillan
ENAER (CASA) C-101/A/T-36 Halcon
Piper (ENAER) PA-28-236 Dakota
the Navy has 6 PC-7s and Army has four Cessna R172K Hawk XP IIs

The Pitts S2A/S were flown by Escuadrilla de Alta Acrobacia Halcones :p , being replaced by 1990 by the Extra 300s. The Falco F-8 was assembled by ENAER after request of a private operator.

NO Tucanos have been bought, and the Aviojet/Halcon is the SAME aircraft… 😡

regards

Museo Aeronautico

hi all;

I could tell that, since those photos were taken, the following aircraft have been restored:

-Vultee BT-13
-Cessna 195
-Aeronca L-3B Grasshopper
-the FACh C-47 has been resprayed
-the Catalina is undergoing a deep restoration, as it is going to be rebuilt to represent the ‘Manu-tara’ aircraft, the first plane to reach Easter Island from Chile’s mainland in the fifties.

With regards the Bleriot, it is a replica, too as are the M1Cs, Avro 504 and S.E.5A. There’s an odd replica of a Wright Flyer 😮 .

Another aviation museum in Chile is the one located at Base Aeronaval Viña del Mar -near Valparaiso-: the Navy has preserved a UP-3A, EMB111A(N), EMB110C(N), Beechcraft 45, D18S, Bell 47G and a C-47H.

rgds,
C182RG