Whatever Happened to Frank Bass?
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It could just be a simple story of a pilot running his airplane out of gas and ditching in the blue Western Atlantic Ocean,…
A little over ninety years ago, an impressive single-engined biplane, painted ivory white and decorated with brilliant red cheat lines and lettering, was flying…
Argentina’s National Aeronautics Museum boasts truly unique, invaluable, and even exotic pieces. These items, regardless of the challenges the country has faced, have managed…
In early 1921, the Gio Ansaldo & Co. S.A.S., the Turin-based Italian weapons manufacturer, sent several commercial missions to a number of countries in…
For the uninitiated, the name William Wadsworth Hodkinson may not ring a bell, but to a Hollywood history enthusiast, he is renowned for revolutionizing…
In retrospect, and viewed from afar, it seems fair to say that, via the extremely beneficial avenue of the Lend-Lease Program, Mexico’s national air…
The FMA Ae.M.B.1 / 2 “Bombi” holds the distinction of being the first and only bomber ever developed and produced in Latin America. It…
In February 2005, Hector Leiva, a skilled aviation photographer from El Salvador and one of the founding members of the LAAHS, came across a…
Through the kindness of Dr. Gary Kuhn and Mr. Tulio Soto, both long-time LAAHS members, I received copies of a few of the papers…
Under the direction of Juan Pablo Ortega, president of the airline, there is information that in 1959, AVIANCA the main national airline in the…