LV-JGX, BAC 1-11-420EL c/n 117

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LV-JGX, BAC 1-11-420EL c/n 117
First flew: 10.08.68
LV-JGX, Rolled out at Hurn in ALA - Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino colours.
LV-PKB First flew from Hurn 10.08.68
 - Noted flying at Hurn 19.08.68

LV-JGX, ALA - Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino Registered 12.09.68 
 - Ferried to Gatwick 25.09.68.
 - Delivered from Gatwick to ALA - Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino 26.09.68
 - Entered service 29.09.68
 - Company renamed Austral Líneas Aéreas after ALA’s merger with Austral Compañía Argentina de Transportes Aéreos. 23.07.71
 - painted in six shades of yellow to green colour scheme 04.01.73
 - later painted in Austral’s light green/medium green/dark green colour scheme.
 - Damaged after overrunning runway on landing at Benjamin Matienzo, Tucumán, 08.05.76
 - Repaired.
 - Flew last revenue flight 26.01.78
 - Cockpit area destroyed by fire at Buenos Aires 27.01.78 - fuego en cockpit por falla en botellón de oxígeno
 - sAEP sin cockpit 08.09.78
 - La Universal Comp. Arg. de Seguros 31.10.79 own
 - Sold to Omni Aviation 1978 ???

(FAA records all show subsequent history refers to c/n BAC c/n 058, severely damaged when it hit a snowbank on take-off in 1975, since the identity plate was located in the nose section of this airframe which was later used to rebuild c/n BAC.117. However, the manufacturer identifies the airframe as shown here).
N128TA, Tigerair Inc. Registered 02.02.79

Foto N711ST
LV-JGX Nose section of N711ST, c/n 058 mated to airframe of c/n BAC.117 at Buenos Aires and aircraft flown to the USA 04.1979 
 - Argentine registration cancelled. 09.06.80
 - sAEP 07.02.80 C/ nuevo cockpit
 - Gulfstream American Corporation Registered 10.1981
 - Noted at Van Nuys painted as N128GA. 04.02.82
 - First flight after overhaul and complete refit now repainted as LV-JGX. 21.02.84
 - Noted at Mojave, California painted overall white as N128GA. 25.10.84
N128GA, Gulfstream American Registered 12.1985
 - Aviation Incorporated. Registered 01.1986 .
 - Transworld Aviation Systems Corporation. Registered 06.1989
SCR - BU - Tabac Inc. Registered 09.1989
 - reduced to spares.
 - Registration cancelled 18.06.13
TT 22,477 hours, 23,427 landings.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Participó en la película "El Gordo de America" (1977)

FJMD said...

Was my first fligth when I was young

FJMD said...

My firs Flay was in thies plane wuth Jacinto Amuedo lake commandadnt