SACO (Colombia)

SACO
Servicio Aéreo Colombiano
Founded	1933
Destinations
Headquarters	Bogotá, Colombia

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The Colombian Air Service (Spanish: Servicio Aéreo Colombiano), or SACO, was an early Colombian airline. Founded in 1933, in 1940 SACO merged with the Colombo-German Air Transport Society (Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transporte Aéreo, or SCADTA); the new company was named Airline of the American Continent (Aerovías del Continente Americano, or Avianca).^[1] Avianca still operates to this day.

On 24 June 1935, a Ford Trimotor of SACO collided during take off with another Ford Trimotor of SCADTA at Medellín, Colombia. Fifteen people were killed including the world famous tango singer Carlos Gardel.^[2]

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^ Burden, William Armistead Moale. The Struggle for Airways in Latin America (reprint), p.73. Arno Press, New York, 1977. ISBN 0405097166
^ Todotango.com page describing the collision resulting in the death of Carlos Gardel retrieved 28 December 2008.

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1935 in aviation

[0] Burden, William Armistead Moale. The Struggle for Airways in Latin America (reprint), p.73. Arno Press, New York, 1977. ISBN 0405097166

[1] Todotango.com page describing the collision resulting in the death of Carlos Gardel retrieved 28 December 2008.

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