Monday, October 6, 2014

PHOTO GALLERY: Argentine Fairchild Metros - #6 of 20+ - LV-MGF (c/n TC-253-201)

LAPA Fairchild Swearingen SA-226TC Metro II, LV-MGF, (c/n TC-253-201) in August 1979, apparently at an airport in Florida, USA.  (Phil Perry Collection)  

This aircraft first flew in 1978 and served with LAPA (Lineas Aereas Privadas Argentinas) for only one year before joining Inland Empire Airlines of California and eventually going on to fly for Britt Airways, Air Vantage and Superior Aviation.  Its last known operator was in 2009 where it flew for Carson Air of Canada as a freighter.

Photo of TC-253-201 flying for Inland Empire with registration N5457M in 1982. Note the similarity in paint scheme to LAPA:

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Inland-Empire-Airlines/Swearingen-SA-226TC-Metro/1291631/L/&sid=b59c9f9540e9ffdb5ef63370535069ee

Photo flying for Britt Airways in 1989:

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Britt-Airways/Swearingen-SA-226TC-Metro/0057375/L/&sid=b14140d1b265558d2195bfdb87ccf7d4

With Carson Air in 2009:

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Swearingen-SA-226TC-Metro/1519270/L/&sid=6869cc91e652d022c1eabb33f3d9c9af

Source:

http://loudandclearisnotenought.blogspot.com.ar/2010/11/lv-mgf-fairchildswearingen-sa-226-metro.html

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