Towards A Latin American Aviation History Research Center
byAt long last, the serious study of the aviation history of the region of our home planet that we sometimes describe as Latin America…
Alcaravanes: Colombia’s Vanishing Aviation Heritage
byFor decades, the distinctive roar of piston engines echoed across the plains of Villavicencio, Casanare, and their neighboring departments in eastern Colombia. Douglas DC-3s…
Book: Pulp Fiction Fighters – Military Aircraft Exported to Latin America for Military Purposes, 1930-1939
byThis meticulously researched volume addresses a significant gap in aviation historiography by documenting the complex landscape of military aircraft exports to Latin America during…
Storks and Criquets: The Morane-Saulnier MS-502 in Argentina
byBy the end of the 1920s, aeronautical technology had developed sufficiently for designers to begin thinking about solutions to certain inherent drawbacks in the…
One Lucky Moth
byOn the night of May 23, 1946, the thunderous noise of engines startled the sleep of Aruba’s inhabitants. A large airplane was flying over…
The Deal of the Decade
byThis story actually had its beginning, for this student of the subject, in 1958 when, by the Grace of God, my mother managed somehow…
Mexican Tigers
byThe Mexican Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Mexicana, FAM) has a long history of combat aviation dating back to the early 20th century. However, it…
TAME: 58 Years of Ecuadorian Aviation History
byFor nearly six decades, Transportes Aéreos Militares Ecuatorianos (TAME) stood as a unique pillar of Ecuador’s aviation sector. Unlike traditional civilian airlines, TAME was…
The Short History of Isthmian Airways 1929 – 1936
byThe April 1930, edition of the Bulletin of the Pan American Union noted that: “The shortest air line in Latin America, and possibly in…
Whatever Happened to Frank Bass?
byIt could just be a simple story of a pilot running his airplane out of gas and ditching in the blue Western Atlantic Ocean,…