Aircraft Photo of YV-C-AVL | Douglas C-47D Skytrain | Avensa - Aerovías Venezolanas | AirHistory.net #758708
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:YV-C-AVL
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47D Skytrain
C/n (msn):04269
Operator Titles:Avensa - Aerovías Venezolanas
Location
City / Airport:Caracas / Maiquetia - Simon Bolivar InternationalMap
Country:Venezuela
Airport Codes:ICAO: SVMI   IATA: CCS   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:February 1974
Photo from:Tim Spearman Collection
Photo ID: 758708
Photo Comment

Built for the USAAF as 41-7782. Sold to Avensa in Venezuela in 1947 as YV-C-AVL and flew with them until 1974. To YV-C-CML and YV-184C with Comeravia and and finally with Rutaca as YV-214C. Withdrawn at Ciudad Bolivar by 1979 and used for spares, the fuselage remaining present there until at least 1995.

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