Defunct Airlines of Argentina - Transporte Aereo Rioplatense, American Falcon, Southern Windtransporte Aereo Rioplatense, American Falcon, Southern Winds Airlines, Lineas Aereas Privadas Argentinas S Airlines, Lineas Aereas Privadas Argentinas (Paperback)

Chapters: Transporte Aereo Rioplatense, American Falcon, Southern Winds Airlines, Lineas Aereas Privadas Argentinas, Cata Linea Aerea, Aeroposta, Dinar Lineas Aereas, Silver Sky Airlines, Aeroposta Sa. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Transporte Aereo Rioplatense SACL was an Argentinian cargo airline. It operated in the 1970s and 1980s. The airline was set up in December 1969 by Carlos F. Martinez Guerrero and several of his associates. Operations commenced in July 1970, however, the first aircraft, a Canadair CL-44 freighter did not commence service with the airline until 1971. Flights with the CL-44 commenced between Buenos Aires and Houston, on which cattle were transported, and the airline quickly established itself operating worldwide ad hoc charters, leading to the addition of three more of the aircraft type. The airline had regular flights to Houston and Miami, and to Basel, Switzerland from September 1976. The airline acquired its first Boeing 707 freighter from Dan-Air in 1978, and a second one a year later. The arrival of the 707s lead to the gradual retirement from service of the CL-44s. Canadair CL-44 of TAR at Basle Airport in October 1976. The same aircraft was shot down in July 1981.Israel and Argentina collaborated with the United States in Oliver North's program to send arms to Iran to assist in arming Nicaraguan contras. Transporte Aereo Rioplatense, which was revealed to be operated by high-ranking officials in the Argentine Air Force, transported military equipment from Israel to Iran, in support of the latter during its war with Iraq. Scotsman Stuart Allen McCafferty was hired to transport 360 tons of United States-made tank spare parts and ammunition from Tel Aviv to Tehran, and had a Swiss partner, arms dealer Andreas Je...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2503456