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Tigres Voladores

Operator Identification

  1955* to May 1957*

  Mexico


TYPE: Airline

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

HEADQUARTERS: Mexico

FORMER NAME: Nil

SUBSEQUENT NAME: Nil

Operator History

Tigres Voladores was a Mexican airline founded by J. H. Lopez.

[not to be confused with Tigres Voladores, a 1960's Venezuelan airline which also operated Commandos and later became Latin Carga]

Commando Operations

April 1955* to 1961*

Tigres Voladores purchased XA-LEZ which it operated briefly (if at all). It later leased XA-LIC from Borges Tillotson's Accesorios Aeronauticos and N62528 from International Airports Inc.

Finally, XA-LID, a Commando leased from LACE of Colombia was destroyed in an accident in June 1955.

Commandos Operated

  • Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando: XA-LIC (leased)
  • Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando: N4880V (leased and subleased)
  • Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando: XA-LID (leased)
  • Curtiss C-46E-1-CS Commando: N62528 (leased)
  • Curtiss R5C-1 Commando: XA-LEZ

Last edited: 17/05/2024