The Vickers Viscount in Colombia
The post-war requirements of the Brabazon Committee of civil aviation in Great Britain for a modern passenger transport, led several aircraft manufacturers to present…
The Ahrens AR-404
The headline of the Business Outlook section of the “The San Juan Star” dated Sunday, September 21, 1981 basically said it all: “Puerto Rican…
The Argentine Macchi MB.308Gs
The MB.308 was a high-wing cantilever light plane designed by Ermanno Bazzochi for Aeronáutica Macchi and first appeared in 1946, achieving full production the…
Curtiss Falcon in Brazil
In 1932, South America was the stage for two conflicts with effective use of aviation as a military weapon: the Gran Chaco War, involving…
The I.Ae.30 Ñamcú in Bolivia
History is not a set of isolated facts. In contrast, historical events happen like a chain effect that join many successes and failures. Aeronautical history…
Book: EMB-314 Super Tucano – Brazil’s Turboprop Success Story Continues
Once again, João Paulo Zeitoun Moralez, an excellent Brazilian journalist and good friend, presents us with another superb research work, this time about the…
El desastre dentro del desastre
El jueves 1 de junio de 2017, a eso de las 12:25 del mediodía, una aeronave Piper PA-28-140, con matrícula TG-GYV (C/N 28-22685), desapareció…
Book: EMB-312 Tucano – Brazil’s Turboprop Success Story
The first time I had the chance to see the Embraer EMB-312 Tucano in action was during an impressive aerobatic display that the Brazilian…
Book: Curtiss P-40 no Brasil
Excellent aero-historians Leandro Casella and Rudnei Dias da Cunha, have authored what can be considered -hands down- the definitive book about the Curtiss P-40…