Rehearsing for the commemoration parade of the 27 November 1992 coup attempt, 0507 was one of many K-8 Karakorums flying that day. Venezuelan air force serials are allocated more or less randomly, although 0507 seems to be related to Venezuelan Independence Day on 5 July.

K25 slide scan. Built 1954 at Tashkent as a pattern aircraft for Czech license production, registered V-17. Delivered to Czech Air Force 1958 as 0508, converted to laboratory aircraft 1965, active until at least 1977. Struck off charge 1986. Preserved initially at Zbraslavice, from 1996 at Zruc.

'Sky Lady' (recently painted nose art on the starboard side) is an original Tashkent (not Avia) built passenger Crate. This example survives in the incredible Zruč Air Park