Those Mysterious Nicaraguan Mustangs
In 1985, Aerofax had the courage to publish a small monograph co-authored with John Dienst, entitled North American F-51 Mustangs in Latin American Air…
Waco Warplanes of Latin America
The Waco company was founded in 1920 as the Weaver Aircraft Company in Lorain, Ohio. The company always sold its products under the Waco…
Bolivian Air Force operations during the Ñancahuazú Counter-Insurgency Campaign – 1967
Up to this date, we have five decades worth of material written about the nine-month guerrilla campaign led by Ernesto “Che” Guevara in Bolivia….
Bay of Pigs – The Men and Aircraft of the Cuban Revolutionary Air Force
By the middle of 1960, the novelty of Fidel Castro’s Cuban Revolution was wearing thin and many of those who had first zealously supported…
Those Mexican Bellancas
Not many people know that Mexico, under the leadership of President Lázaro Cárdenas del Río, sided with the Spanish Republican government during that country’s…
Fruit Flyers: Brief History of the Compañía Aérea Hondureña
One of the earliest companies to fly passenger service in Honduras and perhaps Central America was the little known “Compañía Aérea Hondureña.” The reasons…
Guatemala Takes the Sky Road
This short article about the Guatemalan airline Aviateca, was published on the “Bulletin of the Pan American Union” of July 1947. Besides a couple…
Nicaraguan Air Force: 1934 – 1953
Every so often, fate hands the historian additional facts with which to craft a more complete account of an event or activity. Often, these…
The Caproni AP-1 in Paraguayan Service
In 1936, during Col. Rafael Franco’s regime, a decision was made to purchase 60 new aircraft to re-equip the Paraguayan Air Arm. This move…
Those Peruvian Ca. 135s
The subject of speculation, conjecture and considerable mis-information for years, the little known Caproni Ca. 135s built and exported to Peru for use by…