The making of a mercenary air force
Born in 1886, and thus more than 60 years old on the eve of what was arguably the greatest adventure of his life, Juan…
New additions to Chile’s National Aeronautics and Space Museum
Monday August 23, 2021, saw the 91th Anniversary ceremony of Chile’s Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio or MNAE for short (National Aeronautics And…
I Hated C-47s!
When I was a kid, we are talking ancient history here, late 1950s and 1960s, every single time that I heard any airplane engine…
Lockheed L-188 Electra II in Colombia
Under the direction of Juan Pablo Ortega, president of the airline, there is information that in 1959, AVIANCA the main national airline in the…
The Logs of Robert C. Forsblade
Through the kindness of Dr. Gary Kuhn and Mr. Tulio Soto, both long-time LAAHS members, I received copies of a few of the papers…
The North American AT-6 / SNJ in the Dominican Air Force
The Aviación Militar Dominicana or Dominican Military Aviation -AMD- was created in 1930, and between then and 1943, approximately 15 different aircraft were operated…
The Nieuport-Delage NiD-121C.1 in Peruvian Service
FRANCE’S CHASSE 1 (C1 — Fighter 1) Specification of 1930 called for a state-of-the-art single-seat fighter for the Armée de l’Air (AdA — French…
The tale of CC-CBO
At El Tepual Airport, in Puerto Montt, Chile, there is a long-time abandoned DC-3C; it is a significatively complete airframe that is under care…
Manu-Tara Reborn
A Canadian Vickers-built Catalina that was used as spares source by the Chilean company ASPAR and later obtained by the Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y…
An Aeronca epic
The vast majority of the historical events documented in this website involve stout, built-for-purpose aircraft that most of us recognize and, even though often…