June 1942: A Rough Month for the FAN
Up until about April, 1942, the Fuerza Aérea Nicaragüense -FAN- (Nicaraguan Air Force) had experienced only a relatively small number of accidents. However, with…
The Costa Rican P-38s
Often described, both by a proud citizenry and foreign observers, as the “Switzerland” of Central America, the serene and beautiful country has, indeed, managed…
Varig: The boom years
In the space of fifty-five years, between 1950 and 2005, the population of Brazil grew from about 51 to 187 million inhabitants, an increase…
The Birth of “Bomb Alley”
On the 21st of May, 1982, the British forces began disembarking on San Carlos bay, thus commencing the ground operations of the Malvinas /…
A Million Dollars
The old joke goes: How do you get a million dollars in the airline business? The answer: Start with ten million! Governments, wanting “flag…
Access to Airports and Air Bases
One of the biggest obstacles that the aero-historians, spotters and avgeeks find regarding access to data and photography of aircraft in general, is precisely…
The XB of Mexican Aviation
The prolific author and aero-historian Manuel Ruiz Romero, who passed away in January 2016, published several well illustrated photo essays on early flying, famous…
The Fairey Seals of the Peruvian Air Corps
Early in 1933, Peru maintained an undeclared conflict with the Republic of Colombia unleashed by the occupation – and later reclaim- by Peruvian militias…
North American Aviation “Heavyweights” in Latin America
My previous article for LAAHS concerned Cuba, a subject that became important and interesting to me late in life, after I started traveling to…
Lockheed L-188 Electra II in Honduras
The relationship of the Hondurans with aviation has been a long and fruitful one. As a matter of fact, the Hondurans can claim that…