Photos of Austral MD-83, LV-BGZ, c/n 49906/1786 in a hangar at AEP in the process of being painted in the carrier's new colors appeared on the blog http://linea-ala.blogspot.com/ on 20Nov11 but another blog http://aerospotter.blogspot.com/ reported that as of 05Jan12 the aircraft has been indefinitely stored after a "C" Check due to lack of spares.
With Austral scheduled to retire all of its MD-80 fleet by April 1, LV-BGZ will likely be the only MD-80 painted in the airline's new colors and it is not even known if the repainting was completed. That will certainly be a rare photo/slide !
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