On 2 August 1947, Star Dust, a British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner on a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Santiago, Chile, crashed into Mount Tupungato in the Argentine Ande
BSAA Lancastrian 3 G-AGWH painted as Star Dust
Mount Tupungato seen from the air
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The Avro 691 Lancastrian was a British and Canadian passenger and mail transport aircraft of the 1940s and 1950s developed from the Avro Lancaster heavy bomber. The Lancastrian was basically a modifie
1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident
…On 2 August 1947, Star Dust, a British South American Airways (BSAA) Avro Lancastrian airliner on a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Santiago, Chile, crashed into Mount Tupungato in the Argentine Andes. An extensive search operation…
Avro Sapphire Lancastrian testbed demonstrating on its two jets with its Merlins feathered at Coventry Airport in June 1954
A Lancastrian at St. Hubert airstrip, Montreal. 1947