FOREIGN OWNERS & REGISTRATIONS

Several C-82 packets were operated across the Atlantic in the Middle East and TWA's C-82 flew the European routes as a repair station, however these were all under US owners and registrations. The true foreign market was in every piston-era enthusiasts location - Latin America, where the C-82 enjoyed several years in the service of various operators hauling cargo. Brazil was the largest operator of the Packet by far, with not only 12 for the military but 10 for Rio based company Cruzeiro do Sul. Although Bolivia had many C-82 registrations only three aircraft actually served for any length of time. Perhaps the most well recognized operator was Mexico's Mexicana Airlines, whose five C-82 Packets were in regular service out of Mexico City in the late 1950's. Four of these aircraft also featured the unique dorsal fillet modifications.
Argentina
Transcarga No details at present.
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
LV-GIS	45-57736 / 10106	Ex-Mexico XB-ZUZ, delivery registration LY-PNY. Only a short service life, broken up in August, 1967.
A very rare shot of LV-GIS of Argentine operator Transcarga. Photo: via Andre van Loon.
Bolivia
Aero Inca Ltda. One aircraft purchased in July, 1972 for an air taxi service. It was leased to Sociedad Aeropecuario Tohomonoco of La Paz for a while before going into storage in 1973. Sold to two further Bolivian companies, Lineas Aereas Canedo hauling beef and general cargo, then Transportes Aereos Itenez briefly before crashing at the end of 1976.
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
CP-983	45-57777 / 10147	To Lineas Aereas Canedo (LAC) in 1976. - Named Mobby-Dick [sic]. To Transportes Aereos Itenez in 1976. - Crashed on 27 December 1976 at San Ramon, Bolivia.
Aerovias Condor Ltda. La Paz, Bolivia Founded in 1958, this company acquired two C-82 Packets in early 1960 to support both oil and gold mining operations in Bolivia at the time. The company had closed shop by 1963 however and the last C-82 (CP-677) went to TABSA for further service. Transportes Aereos Benianos S.A. (TABSA) continued to operate CP-677 until it too crashed in 1970.
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
CP-677	45-57747 / 10117	Ex-Mexico XA-LIL. To Grupo TABSA in 1963. - Crashed 15 March 1970 at Sasasama, Bolivia.
CP-678	45-57758 / 10128	Ex-Mexico XA-LIK. Crashed 26 November 1960 at Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
Direccion de Aeronautica Civil (DAC) Imported in 1960 by Bolivia's regulating aviation body for the purpose of promoting the air transport industry but crashed during it's delivery flight.
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
CP-665	unknown	Crashed 24 August 1960 at El Palmar, Bolivia.
Registrations Not Taken Up:
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
CP-614	45-57828 / 10198	November 1955 delivery cancelled, sold to Peru.
CP-634	45-57767 / 10137	February 1957 delivery cancelled, sold to Peru.
CP-693	45-57766 / 10136	Ex-Mexico XA-LOL, sold to Steward-Davis Inc., USA.
CP-694	45-57756 / 10126	Ex-Mexico XA-LOK, sold to Steward-Davis Inc., USA.
CP-697	45-57807 / 10177	Ex-Mexico XA-MAW, sold to Steward-Davis Inc., USA.
CP-772	unknown	Reserved for Luis Torres Pascoe, not delivered.
Well known Bolivian Packet, CP-983 of Aero Inca Ltda. at Santa Cruz Airport in March, 1975. The name Kyle is printed under the co-pilot's sliding window - the reasons for which are unknown. Photo: via Andre van Loon.
Brazil
Amazonia Ind e Comercio S.A. No details at present. Strangely both aircraft appear to have crashed on the same day but at different locations? The crash date for PT-DLP however isn't confirmed.
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
PT-DLP	48-584 / 10219	Ex-Brazilian Air Force s/n: 2200. Crash landed 28 October 1970, Altamira, Brazil, reg. cancelled 1983.
PT-DNZ	48-578 / 10213	Ex-Brazilian Air Force s/n: 2207. Crashed 28 October 1970 at Serra do Norte, Brazil.
Cruzeiro do Sul Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Largest Latin American operator of the C-82A, a total of ten aircraft were delivered starting in 1957. At least one was a Steward-Davis Jet-Packet 1600 conversion.
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
PP-CEE	45-57774 / 10144	Named Hercules. Fuselage became a nightclub in Rio de Janeiro in 1965.
PP-CEF	45-57830 / 10200	Named Centauro. Crashed 16 January 1958 at Belem, Brazil.
PP-CEG	45-57771 / 10141	Scrapped 1966.
PP-CEH	45-57745 / 10115	Crashed 11 January 1958 at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
PP-CEI	45-57815 / 10185	Never entered service, used as a spares source.
PP-CEJ	45-57786 / 10156	Never entered service, used as a spares source.
PP-CEK	45-57777 / 10147	Converted to a Jet-Packet 1600. Later to Bolivia as CP-983.
PP-CEL	45-57783 / 10153	Now derelict and disowned in Manaus, Brazil.
PP-CEM	45-57810 / 10180	Crashed 26 January 1960 at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
PP-CFF	45-57812 / 10182	Never entered service, used as a spares source.
The fuselage of this C-82 ended up being a nightclub in Rio de Janeiro in 1965.
Chile
Rivaereo Co. Arica, Chile A company owned and operated by Ricardo de Varennes.
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
CC-CRA-0507	44-23027 / 10071	Later to USA as N8009E.
CC-CRB-0508	44-23001 / 10045	1958, later to Linea Aerea Taxpa Ltda. as CC-CAE.
Slightly poor quality photo is made up for by the colorful livery on this C-82A belonging to Linea Aerea Taxpa Ltda. Note the Chilean flag on the tail. The aircraft was later scrapped in New Mexico in the early 1970's. Photo: Ivan Siminic.
Colombia
Gustavo Torres Buenaventura No details at present.
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
HK-906	unknown	June 6, 1958 - October 23, 1963.
HK-930	unknown	June 5, 1956 - July 9, 1958 / crashed June 17, 1958?
Julio C. Cuadros No details at present.
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
HK-924	unknown	February 5, 1957 - June 27, 1969.
Lineas Aereas Colombianas Expresas (LACE Ltda.) No details at present.
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
HK-426	45-57829 / 10199	September 26, 1956 Sold to Lilia Lizcano de Herrera October 6, 1967. Sold to Servicios Especiales Aereos (SEA) Ltda., named Arauca. Registration cancelled November 2, 1973.
HK-468	unknown	March 9, 1956 - August 21, 1969.
Lineas Aereas del Caribe (LAC Airlines S.A.) No details at present.
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
HK-914	unknown	May 22, 1956 - November 25, 1960.
HK-915	unknown	May 22, 1956 - June 11, 1969.
Lloyd Aereo Boliviano A Bolivian company operating in Colombia as Lloyd Aereo Colombiano.
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
HK-918	unknown	April 25, 1959 - June 18, 1969.
Servicios Integrales Aeronauticos (Sialas Ltda.) No details at present.
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
HK-583	45-57788 / 10158	April 18, 1961 - November 29, 1971. Sold to Servicios Especiales Aereos (SEA) Ltda. 1971. Possibly to HK-583E as an aerial sprayer? / struck-off 1974.
Vagon Volante De Colombia Ltda. Barranquilla, Colombia No details at present.
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
HK-913X	48-575 / 10210	May 28, 1956. Purchased from L.B. Smith Aircraft Corp. Fate unknown.
Guatemala
Aviateca Guatemalteca No details at present.
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
TG-ATA	44-22962 / 10006	-
TG-AVA	45-57832 / 10202	-
TG-AXA	44-23034 / 10078	-
TG-AYA	45-57780 / 10150	-
TG-AZA	44-23025 / 10069	-
Transportes Aereos Guatemalecos No details at present.
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
TG-DAC-79	44-23050 / 10094	Named Corronga. Ex-Honduras XH-143-P.
The Ohio Oil Co. of Guatemala Guatemala City, Guatemala No details at present.
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
TG-OOC-2	45-57802 / 10172	1959.
TG-OOC-3	45-57734 / 10104	1959.
TG-OOC-4	45-57795 / 10165	1960-1963. To Interior Airways as N209M.
TG-OOC-5	45-57793 / 10163	1960-1963. To Interior Airways as N208M.
Honduras
Servicio Aero de Honduras S.A. (SAHSA) No details at present.
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
XH-139	44-23004 / 10048	Crashed at Trujillo, Honduras.
XH-163	44-57733 / 10103	Later to HR-163 then HR-SAM.
Unknown operator:
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
XH-143-P	44-23050 / 10094	Later to Guatemala as TG-DAC-79.
Mexico
Compania Mexicana de Aviacion S.A. (CMA) Mexico City, Mexico A total of five aircraft were acquired by CMA from 1956 for cargo operations through to around 1960. The Mexicana fleet could be distinguished by the addition of dorsal fillets on the tails. At some point the airline was re-branded as Mexicana Airlines.
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
XA-LIZ	44-23051 / 10095	1966 to Transportes Aereos Mexicanos S.A.
XA-LOJ	45-57740 / 10110	Fitted with dorsal fillets.
XA-LOK	45-57756 / 10126	Fitted with dorsal fillets, later to Bolivia as CP-694 [ntu].
XA-LOL	45-57766 / 10136	Fitted with dorsal fillets, later to Bolivia as CP-693 [ntu].
XB-PEK	45-57807 / 10177	Fitted with dorsal fillets, later to XA-MAW, later to Bolivia as CP-697 [ntu].
XB-YOA	45-57758 / 10128	Later to Guest Aerovias as XA-LIK, later to Bolivia as CP-678.
Guest Aerovias This company operated the first civil C-82 Packet starting in 1955. They later acquired another C-82 as XA-LIK.
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
XA-LIL	45-57747 / 10117	Later to Bolivia as CP-677.
Transportes Aereos Mexicanos S.A. (TAMSA) No details at present.
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
XA-LIW	unknown	Crashed 30 October 1957 near Campeche, Mexico.
XA-LIY	44-23048 / 10092	-
Roberto N. Tribolet Culiacan, Mexico No details at present.
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
XB-ZUZ	45-57736 / 10106	1956, to Argentina as LV-GIS in 1966.
XA-LOJ of CMA parked up in Mexico City. This dorsal filleted C-82 later went to Steward-Davis at Long Beach where it was eventually scrapped in 1972. Photo: Richard Vandervord.
Panama
Expreso Aereo Panama S.A. Panama City, Panama Not many details except that it appears that these two registrations were a paper only transaction with the aircraft going straight into service with Expreso Aereo Peruano S.A. of Peru.
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
HP-219	45-57832 / 10202	1956.
HP-220	45-57780 / 10150	1956.
Peru
Known operators: Compania Aereo Mercantil S.A. (CAMSA) - 1 C-82. Expreso Aereo Peruano S.A. - 3 C-82s from 1956-1962. Minerales Y Metales S.A. Lima, Peru - 1 C-82 from 1957. Rutas Aereas del Peru S.A. (RAPSA) - 1 C-82. Transperuana de Aviacion S.A. Lima, Peru - 1 C-82 from 1964-1967.
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
OB-LHF-508	45-57767 / 10137	Later to OB-WAD-508. 1957 / Minerales Y Metales S.A.
OB-RAA-439	45-57832 / 10202	Later to OB-UAB-439, OB-WAF-439. 1956 / Expreso Aereo Peruano S.A.
OB-T-749	45-57763 / 10133	1964-1967 / Transperuana de Aviacion S.A.
OB-TAI-438	45-57780 / 10150	Later to OB-UAA-438, OB-WAE-438. 1956 / Expreso Aereo Peruano S.A.
OB-WAC-479	44-22984 / 10028	Later to OB-T-479.
OB-WAG-458	45-57828 / 10198	Later to OB-RAB-458.
OB-UAE-528	44-23025 / 10069	-
The single Transperuana de Aviacion C-82 in Miami, Florida in mid-1964, note the Canadair DC-4's in the background. Photo: via Andre van Loon.
Uruguay
Aerovias Monder Montevideo, Uruguay No details at present.
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
CX-AQA	45-57774 / 10144	-
Unknown operator:
CX-AQB	45-57775 / 10145	-
An Aerovias Monder C-82, possibly CX-AQA, was based in Uruguay and leased into Argentina during 1956-1957. Note the colorful Monder bird logo on the nose. Photo: via Juan Carlos Rodriguez.
Venezuela
Unknown operator:
Registration	s/n / msn	Remarks
YV-C-LBA	45-57827 / 10197	Possibly not delivered?

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