Where’s the plane?
byThe decade of the 1970s can be considered a period of prosperity for civil aviation. During those ten years, the United States of America…
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Naranjeros, Gauchos and Indios: Argentina’s Flying Wing
byIn the aftermath of World War II, Argentina found itself in a unique and advantageous position. While the major powers of Europe lay in…
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…
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…