C-46F CP-1319 flying demo.

This year we celebrate the C-46 '70th' anniversary with Bolivian Curtiss Commando C-46F-1-CU (cn 22428) CP-1319 '100% Camba' ex NEBA performing several spirited low-passes near a hill top at Lake Titicaca (Bolivia) May-2001. With permission: Hans Wiesman - www.avionart.nl and edited by Alex Waning - www.apvw.nl. More Bolivian heavy props here: www.michaelprophet.com/Bolivian_Photoalbum2.html

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• C-46
• Curtiss
• Commando
• Bolivia
• Lake
• titicaca
• CP-1319

[mprophet100]

hi danielsangueza...thx for the kind words. Perhaps in the near future there will be more Bolivia action.:-)

[mprophet100]

Hi 22fret..thx for the kind words... cheers :-)

[ad356]

@mrfarmerjimbob actually buffalo airways operates several of these aircraft. if you want to see a tv show about them check out ice pilots. they use the c46 quite extensively as well as several dc3's, a couple dc4's and a lockheed electra. its a great show, its a Canadian show but still great

[mrfarmerjimbob]

Always liked the C-46 when I was a kid--Didn't know there was any still flying. I've never seen one.

[mrfarmerjimbob]

Gorgeous plane 

[helios1912]

I'm thinking of my father--he was a C-46 pilot based at Clinton County AFB, Wilmington, Ohio in the mid 1950s. This is the best vid I've seen, ever, of a C-46 (more effort is taken to show C-47s, 'eh?) Love the sound and the sunlight on those spinning props. We're all saying a prayer for the crew and passengers of that C-46A noted at the end of this moving video.

[MrEchoimage]

Enjoyed every second of this video and that sound of the engines is like music to my ears, R.I.P. to the crew and passengers of C-46A HK-851P

[ThinkingManNeil]

Great vid of a superb airplane; thanks for this...

[mrcocolini]

I have flown that plan back in 1976 or so I was a little boy going to san Borja Beni to my Father"s Ranch

[traveler08a]

AWESOME.

[SOYDEMISIONES]

Great footage of a great Airliner/Cargo aircraft! As I see it, this very capable bird is very often the "forgotten one" with most of the adulation going to the DC-3. I remember seeing several of these great aircraft at La Paz (El Alto) Airport in different states od disrepair. For me it was very sad to see them in that condition. A good business acquantance of mine (Jimmy) used to fly them until he crashed one (but survived it OK). The C-46 has a great heritage and war history.

Roberto F.

[wreckdiver001]

Wonderful to see this, great video!