The Vermelinho
A first shipment of Waco biplanes reached Brazil in 1932, in the form of the small, open cockpit CSO model. This was just in…
Book: Piloto Maestro
This book presents the flight experiences of a Cuban pilot, Colonel Henry Pérez Martínez. It was kindly provided to me by my friend and…
Being a Good Witness
Consider this for a moment: Suppose there had been one -just one- trained, dedicated, disciplined observer, on the ground the day that the very…
A Bellanca named “Perú”
This is the story of a Bellanca CH-200 “Pacemaker”, christened “Perú“, and its brave pilot, Carlos Martínez de Pinillos, who completed one of the…
The Potez 25 A-2 / T.O.E. in Paraguayan Military Service
The Paraguayan Military Aviation School was founded on February 22, 1923 at Campo Grande, in the outskirts of the capital Asunción, with a few…
The IAI 201 Arava in Ecuadorian Military Service
The rugged Arava was the first fully IAI-designed airplane to enter production. Originally conceived in 1966 and aimed at civilian and commercial customers, the…
The Latin American Anti-Submarine campaign during WWII
Latin America’s military contribution to the Allied cause in the Second World War is fairly well known by the brave exploits of the Brazilian…
The Stinsons of Elmer J. Faucett
The vast Peruvian territory, a land of extreme weather and geographical conditions composed by a large coastline mostly covered by deserts, the Andes, a…
New Addition to Chile’s National Aeronautics and Space Museum
On December 17th, 2019, the National Aeronautics and Space Museum of Chile received a great new addition: A de Havilland Canada DHC-6-100 Twin Otter,…
Dastardly Plot
Airplanes have been used during formal peacetime in terrorist attacks. Even if the scale was small, some dramatic incident had the potential to be…