Hijacking of a Cubana IL-18
byThe Cubana de Aviación IL-18 aircraft, with dozens of passengers on board, departed Santiago de Cuba for Havana, on March 27, 1966. It was…
March, 2018
The Tale of “TG-CUS-C”
byThe photo accompanying this post was shared with us by our friend and superb aviator Luis Carlos Samayoa and is part of his father’s…
The Strange Incident of HK-919P
byDuring the night of Sunday, May 16, 1999, a twin-engine Cessna 310, flown by drug traffickers, had to make an “emergency” landing at La…
The Curtiss Made in Chile
byThe Hawk and Falcon aircraft types stood out as cutting-edge prototypes of their time. Some even participated in the Chaco War between Bolivia and…
AVIATECA’s Fairchild C-82s
byThe use of Fairchild C-82 “Packet” aircraft by the Guatemalan airline AVIATECA is part of a period in that nation’s aviation history that has…
The Crash of FAS-321
byOn July 30, 1999, during the celebrations of the 20th Anniversary of the Sandinista Air Force (FAS), a squadron of six Mil Mi-17 helicopters…
Book: Latin American Fighters
byA few weeks ago, the editor of Arpia Publishing, Heinz Berger, kindly sent me a copy of the excellent book “Latin American Fighters: A…
Book: A Serviço do Generalíssimo
byA book about the “Trujillo’s Boys” was long overdue, and I’m really happy that it was my friend and excellent aero-historian Hélio Higuchi who…