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…
Fernando Soto: In his own words
In the context of the so-called “Soccer War” that took place between Honduras and El Salvador in July 1969, the performance of then-Major Fernando…
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…