VARIG (acronym for Viação Aérea Rio-Grandense, Rio Grandean Airways) was the first airline founded in Brazil, in 1927. From 1965 until 1990, it was Brazil's...
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of the government of Getúlio Vargas. He was killed in the crash of Varig Flight 820 on July 11, 1973, on his 73rd birthday. Müller joined the Brazilian...
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Boeing 707 (redirect from 707-820)
The 37 -420s were delivered to BOAC, Lufthansa, Air-India, El Al, and Varig through November 1963; Lufthansa was the first to carry passengers, in March...
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Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul (category Varig)
1975, Varig, a Brazilian airline which shared very similar origins, acquired its controlling shares. In 1993, it was finally merged into Varig. The first...
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active from the early 1950s until his premature death in the crash of Varig Flight 820 in 1973, at the age of 41. Dos Santos is best known today for lending...
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Island to the Falklands, Invincible mistakenly locked her Sea Darts on a VARIG Brazilian Airlines DC-10 rather than on the Argentine Air Force Boeing 707...
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29 February 1996. Retrieved 27 May 2013. "ASN Accident Description (Varig-820)". Aviation Safety Network. 11 July 1973. Retrieved 27 May 2013. "ASN...
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two of 32 on board; one person on the ground also died. 2 August 1949: A Varig C-46D (PP-VBI) operating a flight from São Paulo-Congonhas Airport to Porto...
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