Feature of the Month - May 2012

Compañía de Aviación Faucett 1950s


(image copyright Bjorn Larsson, www.timetableimages.com)

 

In 1928, an American immigrant, Elmer J. Faucett, and a group of Peruvian business men joined together to found Compañía de Aviación Faucett.  This was the first commercial airline in Peru, and one of the first in Latin America.

Initially, flights were made from Lima to Talara to the north, and Arequipa to the south with Stinson Detroiter F-19 aircraft.  Faucett gradually expanded to use Douglas DC-3s on the feeder routes throughout Peru and with Douglas DC-4s on the trunk routes.  Faucett modified single-engined Stinsons continued to serve some of the shorter routes.  These aircraft were visually similar to the de Havilland DHC-3 Otter.

The airline ceased operations in 1997.

The following flights are from a
Faucett timetable of the 1950s, available from www.timetableimages.com.  They can be flown in both FS9 and FSX.  These routes take in the full challenge of flying through and over the Andes.

Lima – Trujillo – Chiclayo – Piura – Talara – Tumbes – Chiclayo
DC-3 Route (DC-4 Lima – Piura)

Heading

Distance

Down

City Name

ICAO

Up

Heading

Distance

330

0

0730

Lima

SPLP

1335

 

275.3

328

275.3

1000

Trujillo

SPRU

1125

150

88.5

330

88.5

1050

Chiclayo

SPHI

1025

148

106.0

311

106.0

1220

Piura

SPUR

0915

150

53.7

037

53.7

1250

Talara

SPYL

0830

131

80.5

 

80.5

1415

Tumbes

SPME

0730

218

0

Chiclayo – Moyobamba
DC-3 Route

Heading

Distance

Down

City Name

ICAO

Up

Heading

Distance

069

0

0700

Chiclayo

SPHI

1500

 

121.4

098

121.4

0835

Chachapoyas

SPPY

1405

250

27.3

048

27.3

0920

R. de Mendoza

SPLN

1320

279

21.9

079

21.9

1010

Rioja

SPJA

1230

229

10.2

 

10.2

1020

Moyobamba

SPBB

1200

259

0

Lima – Iquitos
DC-3 Route

Heading

Distance

Down

City Name

ICAO

Up

Heading

Distance

330

0

0615

Lima

SPLP

1600

 

202.5

328

202.5

0810

Chimbote

SPEO

1430

150

72.8

030

72.8

0900

Trujillo

SPRU

210

68.2

1005

Cajamarca

SPJR

042

68.2

1110

Trujillo

SPRU

1345

148

177.5

127

177.5

1305

Moyobamba

SPBB

1145

222

46.8

023

46.8

1355

Tarapoto

SPST

1055

307

41.1

052

41.1

1450

Yurimaguas

SPMS

1005

203

207.5

 

207.5

1630

Iquitos

SPQT

0800

232

0

Lima – Tingo Maria
DC-3 Route

Heading

Distance

Down

City Name

ICAO

Up

Heading

Distance

016

0

0715

Lima

SPLP

1145

 

182.1

017

143.9

0905

Huanuco

SPNC

 

38.7

0930

Tingo Maria

SPGM

1000

197

Lima – Tingo Maria – Pucallpa
DC-3 Route

Heading

Distance

Down

City Name

ICAO

Up

Heading

Distance

017

0

0645

Lima

SPLP

1230

 

268.2

Huanuco

SPNC

 

182.1

0845

Tingo Maria

SPGM

 

100.3

0940

Pucallpa

SPCL

1015

211

Lima – Ayacucho
DC-3 Route

Heading

Distance

Down

City Name

ICAO

Up

Heading

Distance

107

0

0715

Lima

SPLP

1045

 

174.0

174.0

0845

Ayacucho

SPHO

0915

288

Lima – Cuzco – Iberia
DC-3 Route (No Times)

Heading

Distance

Down

City Name

ICAO

Up

Heading

Distance

103

0

Lima

SPLP

 

307.2

078

307.2

Cuzco

SPZO

285

74.8

067

74.8

Quincemil

SPIL

259

93.8

347

93.8

Maldonado

SPTU

248

77.7

 

77.7

Iberia

SPBR

168

0

Lima – Arequipa – Tacna
DC-4 Route

Heading

Distance

Down

City Name

ICAO

Up

Heading

Distance

126

0

0700

Lima

SPLP

1600

 

402.6

144

402.6

1015

Arequipa

SPQU

1315

307

127.1

 

127.1

1105

Tacna

SPTN

1135

324

0

Arequipa – Tacna
Stinson Route

Heading

Distance

Down

City Name

ICAO

Up

Heading

Distance

210

0

1045

Arequipa

SPNC

1010

 

48.5

136

48.5

1140

Mollendo

SPDO

0930

029

53.5

036

53.5

1225

Ilo

SPLO

0835

316

38.6

145

38.6

1405

Moquegua

SPEQ

0755

217

64.9

 

64.9

1445

Tacna

SPTN

0700

325

0

 

Flight Simulator Files

There are Faucett paint schemes for the default FS9 (dc3fauct.zip) and FSX (dc3faucx.zip) DC-3 available at flightsim.com.

There are several paint schemes from the ‘60s through to the ‘70s available from flightsim.com for Jens Kristensen’s DC-4 (faucett_dc4_62.zip, faucett_dc4_67.zip, and faucett_dc4_76.zip).  The DC-4 from Jens Kristensen (dc4_v30.zip and DC4_v30x.zip) is availablefrom flightsim.com.

 

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