YV-AZK   Douglas DC-3                                         (c/n  19121)

                                    

                                       In 1944 TACA founder Lowell Yerex formed Linea Aerea TACA de Venezuela with backing
                                       from Venezuelan investors who held 55% of the shares.   Originally formed to provide local flights,
                                       the airline expended to fly from Caracas to Bogota.   In 1952 the airline was sold to LAV, and
                                       most of the fleet of twenty DC-3s were passed to the new airline.   The poor shot above is the
                                       only TACA de Venezuela DC-3 image I have been able to glean.       It came from the Trans-
                                       port Museum
                                       of Venezuela.