XA-HEP  Douglas DC-3                        (c/n  7361)

                                

                                    This poor print was received from Aeronaves de Mexico in the 1950s.  The airline had been
                                    founded as far back as 1934 and, in the early years, received backing from Pam American.
                                    XA-HEP was one of thirty some DC-3/C-47 derivatives to be operated by the airline.  This
                                    one was an ex C-53-DO (42-15566) first civilianized in 1946 as NC33320 for Pan American.