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…
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The Gio Ansaldo & Co. commercial mission in Peru
byIn 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…
CNA: Guatemala’s First Commercial Airline
byFor the uninitiated, the name William Wadsworth Hodkinson may not ring a bell, but to a Hollywood history enthusiast, he is renowned for revolutionizing…
The Mexican Air Force in the 1943 Combined Arms Maneuvers
byIn 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 Argentine Bomber
byThe 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…
Forgotten Warriors
byIn February 2005, Hector Leiva, a skilled aviation photographer from El Salvador and one of the founding members of the LAAHS, came across a…
The Logs of Robert C. Forsblade
byThrough the kindness of Dr. Gary Kuhn and Mr. Tulio Soto, both long-time LAAHS members, I received copies of a few of the papers…
Lockheed L-188 Electra II in Colombia
byUnder the direction of Juan Pablo Ortega, president of the airline, there is information that in 1959, AVIANCA the main national airline in the…
New additions to Chile’s National Aeronautics and Space Museum
byMonday August 23, 2021, saw the 91th Anniversary ceremony of Chile’s Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio or MNAE for short (National Aeronautics And…
The making of a mercenary air force
byBorn in 1886, and thus more than 60 years old on the eve of what was arguably the greatest adventure of his life, Juan…