TG-REI: A Guatemalan Mustang
Ever since I was a child airplanes have fascinated me, and that does not come hard to explain as my father has many hours…
Book: Grumman S-2 no Brasil
This book’s title is a bit misleading, and not in a bad way. Even though it documents the history of the beautifully ugly Grumman S-2…
Bellanca War Planes of Latin America
Guiseppe M. Bellanca came to the United States in 1911 with a degree in engineering and little else. By 1927, he had founded Bellanca…
The Cuban MiGs
The term “MiG” has become virtually synonymous with “Russian fighter.” Indeed, when U.S. Navy F-14s downed two Libyan Su-22s, many commentators unintentionally rubbed salt…
The Saga of the Paraguayan and Brazilian Privateers
Towards the end of the 1950s, a strange four-engined aircraft landed at the Aeropuerto Internacional de Asunción. It was a North American bomber from…
The Caproni Ca.114 in Peruvian Service
The frantic rearming process that followed the cease of fire of May, 1933, which put to an end the hostilities between Perú and neighboring…
Book: Latin American Fighters
Hace algunas semanas el editor de Arpia Publishing, Heinz Berger, tuvo a bien enviarme un ejemplar del excelente libro “Latin American Fighters: A History…
Book: A Serviço do Generalíssimo
Desde hace tiempo era necesario un libro sobre los «Chicos de Trujillo», y estoy feliz de que haya sido mi amigo y excelente aero-historiador…
The Guatemalan Peashooters
In 1931, the U.S. Army Air Corps -USAAC- wanted a small pursuit fighter capable of reaching and effectively attack the fast bombers that were…