The Vickers Viscount in Colombia
byThe post-war requirements of the Brabazon Committee of civil aviation in Great Britain for a modern passenger transport, led several aircraft manufacturers to present…
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The Ahrens AR-404
byThe 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
byThe 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…
The tale of CC-CBO
byAt El Tepual Airport, in Puerto Montt, Chile, there is a long-time abandoned DC-3C; it is a significatively complete airframe that is under care…
Manu-Tara Reborn
byA Canadian Vickers-built Catalina that was used as spares source by the Chilean company ASPAR and later obtained by the Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y…
A Bellanca named “Perú”
byThis is the story of a Bellanca CH-200 “Pacemaker”, christened “Perú“, and its brave pilot, Carlos Martínez de Pinillos, who completed one of the…
The Potez 25 A-2 / T.O.E. in Paraguayan Military Service
byThe Paraguayan Military Aviation School was founded on February 22, 1923 at Campo Grande, in the outskirts of the capital Asunción, with a few…
The IAI 201 Arava in Ecuadorian Military Service
byThe rugged Arava was the first fully IAI-designed airplane to enter production. Originally conceived in 1966 and aimed at civilian and commercial customers, the…
The Latin American Anti-Submarine campaign during WWII
byLatin America’s military contribution to the Allied cause in the Second World War is fairly well known by the brave exploits of the Brazilian…
The Stinsons of Elmer J. Faucett
byThe vast Peruvian territory, a land of extreme weather and geographical conditions composed by a large coastline mostly covered by deserts, the Andes, a…