Aerolíneas Peruanas
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Aerolíneas Peruanas S.A. was an airline from Peru, serving as flag carrier of the country from 1956 to 1971. Headquartered in Lima, it operated a network of scheduled passenger flights to major places
CV-990 San Diego 1963
CV-990 at LAX
An APSA Douglas DC-8-52 parked at Gatwick Airport in 1969
Convair 990 Coronado
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The Convair 990 Coronado is an American narrow-body four-engined jet airliner, produced between 1961 and 1963 by the Convair division of American company General Dynamics. It was a stretched version o
Aerolíneas Peruanas
…aircraft most commonly used with the airline in the early 1960s, Aerolíneas Peruanas joined the jet age on December 1, 1963 with the introduction of the Convair 990 Coronado. During those years, the network was greatly expanded, which culminated in the launch of transatlantic flights using the Douglas DC-8 by the end of the…
The Convair 990 is a low-wing airliner with four underwing turbofan engines.
Convair 990 Coronado cockpit
Swissair 990A Coronado "St Gallen" at Manchester Airport in 1964
Swissair Convair 990A Coronado taking off from Stockholm - Arlanda Airport, showing the distinctive volumes of smoke produced by its aft-turbofan, GE J79 turbojet-derived GE CJ805 engines