CX-AAH  de Havilland D.H.86                                   (c/n  2325)

                                

                                  Primeras Lineas Uruguayas de Navegacion Aerea (roughly translated - the First Airline of Uruguay)
                                  was founded in 1935 by a group of Uruguayan financiers led by importers Alberto and Jorge Marquez
                                  Vaeza and backed by some British investors.  Its first service was flown on 20 November 1936 on a
                                  route from Montevideo to the far north of the country on the Brazilian frontier, terminating at Artigas
                                  and Rivera.  Two D.H.90 Dragonflies were used.  I have, as yet, been unable to glean a shot of one
                                  of these showing the registration.   In 1937 the Dragonflys were augmented by two D.H.86s, one
                                  of which, CX-AAH, named 'Santa Rosa de Lima' is shown here. This aircraft was formerly
                                  Hillman Airways' G-ADEC and flew faithfully until it was written off in a crash at Artigas on
                                   22 October 1945.