Avion Pirata
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Avión 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 in Bolivia 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 crash.
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Avión Pirata | |
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Avión Pirata in Santa Cruz Bolivia, January 2014 | |
Type | Lockheed 049-45 Constellation |
Manufacturer | Lockheed Aircraft Corporation |
Construction number | 2081 |
Registration | N2520B, previously YV-C-AME |
Owners and operators | previously Braniff International Airlines 8/55 - 11/60 |
Last flight | 30 July 1961 |
Fate | converted to a library and later a bank branch |
Preserved at | Boris Banzer Prada Park, Santa Cruz, Bolivia 17.77565°S 63.17395°W / -17.77565; -63.17395 (Avion Pirata) |
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The airplane has become a tourist attraction, having undergone several changes of ownership, and has also become an urban legend among Bolivians.