YV-C-AMB Martin 2-0-2
(c/n 9130)
LAV
were one of only three airlines to order the original Martin 2-0-2
(Northwest and LAN Chile
were the other two). TWA and Eastern
operated the updated 2-0-2A. Three were originally ordered
but, in the
event, only two were delivered. YV-C-AMB is seen here at
the Glenn L. Martin facility
in 1947 before delivery. It was
named "Rafael Urdaneta" , a
hero of the Latin American war for
independence.
It was purchased for spares in 1960 by California Airmotive and
broken up at Fox
Field, Lancaster, CA
that same year.