Bolivian B17's and other Meathaulers

Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:27 am

Looking to chat with anyone who has a similar interest in Bolivian use of ex Warbirds

did this painting of CP891 which now resides at MARCH AFB Museum

I am new to the forum BTW

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Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:28 am

Very cool pic, and welcome to the forum. It is a great place, and full of knowledge.

Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:38 am

Thanks Mustangdriver - I am getting to love the P51 more and more -the 17 comes first then the P51 then the Hurricane -of course Spits are cool too and when I see a good display by one that fires me up , best display ever by a Spit was at Old Warden -Shuttleworth Collection .Ihope to go to the Mustang Legends show

Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:51 am

Someone say ex-Bolivian?

I like that B-17 painting. Do you have a photgraph of it in that paint?

Is there still a B-25 in a city park down there? Sevearl years ago I had heard rumors of some people attempting to bring it to the US...

Welcome to WIX!

Z

Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:50 pm

Bolivian propliners and their current whereabouts are regularly discussed on this forum:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Classic-Propliners/

Feel free to join.

Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:27 am

Wow - cool shot of that F86 -THANKS

SOME SHOTS OF EX WARBIRDS IN BOLIVIA -ENJOY
THE 17 IS IN SIMILAR PAINT TO THE ONE ONE IN THE PAINTING

B25

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1 ... hoto_nr=39
AT6
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1 ... id=1173686

B17 E MODEL !!!! NOW WITH PAUL ALLEN FHC ARLINGTON VA
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=0 ... id=0089664

Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:12 pm

I found these in my files over the weekend. I think these would have been taken in 1987 or 1988. A friend of mine flew the sister ship to the U.S. and was trying to help the family sell the last one. I advertised the plane for a few months before going to work for Evergreen. I think these photos are of the last B-17 the Bolivian company owned but I could be wrong. Tulio?

Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:27 pm

Tulio,
Here's a few more. Not sure who the pilot is or what plane he's flying. He might have been the pilot or co-pilot who flew the first Meat Hauler B-17 back to the states.

Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:21 pm

Thanks So much , great shots ,CP753 is now with Paul Allens Flying Heritage Collection in Washington State ,not sure where that rebuild is up to

CP891 which is shown in my painting above is now at March AFB -This was the first 17 which came back from La Paz ,so the Gent you show may well be the pilot who brought her over all by himself !!

will be in touch some more

Best Ron

Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:59 pm

How about this diorama?

http://www.707fan.de/Modellbau_Neu/Mode ... 7_fri.html

Tillerman.

Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:37 am

Thanks - that is very cool - the modeller has gone to great detail and faithfully reproduced the Livery correctly - i like it !

Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:19 pm

Tulio,
Here's a few more.

Al,

Thank you for sharing these shots.

Please accept my apologies, for taking so long to notice your latest posting; I have not visited WIX often in the last weeks, and when I have, I forgot to check all the threads.

Thank you again.

Saludos,

Tulio

Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:37 pm

Tillerman- thank you the DIORAMA is very nice.
did you look at any of his others the C-46 and the 3 engine Connie are
super

just fly em

Boomerang R H White

Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:48 pm

I visited La Paz in 1988 and at this time the CP-753 looked very much the same like the nice pictures above. So these pictures are most probably done during this year.

When talking about modelling, please have a look at the two pictures on the bottom of this page:
http://mfc-rhein-main.flugmodellbau.de/ ... e/b17.html

Bolivian B17's and other Meathaulers