Alcaravanes: Colombia’s Vanishing Aviation Heritage
byFor decades, the distinctive roar of piston engines echoed across the plains of Villavicencio, Casanare, and their neighboring departments in eastern Colombia. Douglas DC-3s…
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Storks and Criquets: The Morane-Saulnier MS-502 in Argentina
byBy the end of the 1920s, aeronautical technology had developed sufficiently for designers to begin thinking about solutions to certain inherent drawbacks in the…
The Deal of the Decade
byThis story actually had its beginning, for this student of the subject, in 1958 when, by the Grace of God, my mother managed somehow…
Mexican Tigers
byThe Mexican Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Mexicana, FAM) has a long history of combat aviation dating back to the early 20th century. However, it…
TAME: 58 Years of Ecuadorian Aviation History
byFor nearly six decades, Transportes Aéreos Militares Ecuatorianos (TAME) stood as a unique pillar of Ecuador’s aviation sector. Unlike traditional civilian airlines, TAME was…
The Short History of Isthmian Airways 1929 – 1936
byThe April 1930, edition of the Bulletin of the Pan American Union noted that: “The shortest air line in Latin America, and possibly in…
Whatever Happened to Frank Bass?
byIt could just be a simple story of a pilot running his airplane out of gas and ditching in the blue Western Atlantic Ocean,…
The Caproni Ca.100 and Ca.100PR in Peru
byBetween September 1, 1932, and May 25. 1933 Colombia and Perú fought an undeclared war over a large portion of territory between the Caquetá…
The Mystery of the Cuatro Vientos
byA little over ninety years ago, an impressive single-engined biplane, painted ivory white and decorated with brilliant red cheat lines and lettering, was flying…
The Fairchild 82D in Argentina
byArgentina’s National Aeronautics Museum boasts truly unique, invaluable, and even exotic pieces. These items, regardless of the challenges the country has faced, have managed…