w/o July 2011 at La Mosquita (Honduras) - the aircraft was set on fire by drug dealers after suffering a structure failure due to overweight caused by 3 tons of cocaine.. Ex USAF, Pan Am, Avianca, El Venado, Aeronorte, Selva and L.A Eldorado

Built as 42-92071. Sold to KLM, allocated PJ-ALZ but not taken up and registered as PH-TCM in May 1946. Became PJ-ALP in 1947 and sold to ARCA Colombia in April 1954. With Aliansa by 1992 and crashed 18th March 1999 on a flight from Cucuta-Camilo Daza Airport (CUC/SKCC) to El Yopal Airport (EYP/SKYP) killing all 8 passengers and crew.

Built for Pan Am as NC34961 but not delivered. To the US Navy as R4D-4 Bu33819 in 1943. To NC95475 in 1946 and to SCOLTA as C-71 then Avianca as C-140 in 1948. To HK-140 in 1949. Converted to Hiper DC-3. To LANSA in 1952, TANA in 1974, El Venado in 1975, Transamazonica in 1980, Aliansa in 1992 and Lacol in 1996. Possibly never went back into service after this photo was taken.

Aliansa, now painted with the D-Day invasion stripes. First introduced in Colombia with the arrival of HK4700 ex N47FK Fifi Kate.

HK-122 believed to be the oldest Dakota in Colombia. In 2008 painted as Aliansa. But Aliansa was not operating at that time due to management problems. It later went to Sadelca. In July 2011 the airplane went to a private operator, left Villavicencio and never came back. Police reports say it went to Honduras with an illegal cargo.

Arriving at VVC, not in the best weather conditions. These are the wet lowlands of Colombia

The first commercial Turbo Dakota in Colombia, delivered to Villavicencio on 30 December 2013 as ZS-OJM and registered as HK-5016 on 5 April 2014. The militairy already operated some Basler turbine conversions, but this aircraft was the first turbine DC-3 in the Villavicencio cargo scene.