After four weeks in Bolivia I finally had a bit of aviation action. We planed to have a weekend in the nice and warm city of Santa Cruz. Early Friday morning I went to La Paz – El Alto where I had a look around before leaving to Santa Cruz on Aerosur B722 CP-2424.
CP-2026 C-131B is one many stored propliners at La Paz. This one is in particular good condition though.
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FAB-101 BAe-146 Trasportes Aéreos Bolivianos
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After a bit more than an hour flight I arrived at the surprisingly busy Santa Cruz – Viru Viru airport. Weather was quite hazy and I had the sun against me, but stayed for around two hours to make some photos.
CU-C1700 Tu-204CE Cubana Cargo, nice surprise for my first Santa Cruz visit.
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CP-2484 B732 Aerosur, a Santa Cruz regular. La Paz is mostly served by B722s.
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After that it was unto Santa Cruz – El Trompillo. Here I meet up with Santa Cruz based photographer/spotter Giovanni Rodriguez. El Trompillo has a nice little terrace were photos can be made with no hassle.
FAB-711 UH-1H Fuerza Aérea Boliviana, after some hovering training, this one made a number of fly-bys.
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FAB-74 CL-66B (CC-109) Trasportes Aéreos Bolivianos, active Cosmopolitan, I LIKE THAT!!
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After a couple of days at the pool it was time to head towards La Paz again. This time I was flying out of El Trompillo, but before departure a few more photos were made.
FAB-66 C-130B Fuerza Aérea Boliviana, happy to make this one, departed minutes after I arrived.
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CP-2176 Do-228 Aerocon, my ride to Trinidad with Aerosur B722 CP-2462 behind.
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Instead of going directly back to La Paz I went via Trinidad to have a look. I only had 45 minutes here but enough to make a few photos before the last bit of the trip back to La Paz were made on Amaszonas Metro CP-2459.
CP-2413 Ce.208B
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CP-2477 Metro Aerocon
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Well, that was about it. Hope to be able to post full log sometime in the weekend.
Hasta luego, Michael