PP-SNM  YAMC YS-11A                                  (c/n  2084)

                                  

                                       In 1968 VASP ordered eight YS-11s which they named 'Samurai'.   The airline also leased
                                       a dozen more from Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul.  By 1977, when pure jets were the norm
                                       for the fleet, -SNM was repatriated back to Japan as JA8709 where it went to Toa Domestic
                                      Airlines.