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Originally Posted by freebeard
Did you mean the Catalina?
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No, I meant the Dornier Do-J Wal flying boat. The first commercial aircraft registered in Brazil was one of such type, christened Atlāntico. It was built in 1925, incorporated into Varig in 1927 and sold for scrap in 1933. One of its propellers used to be stored at the defunct Varig Museum in Porto Alegre, but its whereabouts are unknown after the bankruptcy of Varig, even though some old engines from other aircraft have been displayed in the same place a DC-3 which used to be operated by Varig is also displayed.
