The Nicaraguan “Fighting” Swallows
byEstablished at first as E.M. Laird Company in the early 20s, the Swallow Aircraft Manufacturing Company was based in Wichita Kansas, from where it…
Central American Aviation
Articles about Central American military and civilian aviation
Those Mysterious Nicaraguan Mustangs
byIn 1985, Aerofax had the courage to publish a small monograph co-authored with John Dienst, entitled North American F-51 Mustangs in Latin American Air…
Fruit Flyers: Brief History of the Compañía Aérea Hondureña
byOne of the earliest companies to fly passenger service in Honduras and perhaps Central America was the little known “Compañía Aérea Hondureña.” The reasons…
Guatemala Takes the Sky Road
byThis short article about the Guatemalan airline Aviateca, was published on the “Bulletin of the Pan American Union” of July 1947. Besides a couple…
Nicaraguan Air Force: 1934 – 1953
byEvery so often, fate hands the historian additional facts with which to craft a more complete account of an event or activity. Often, these…
Fernando Soto: En sus palabras…
byEn el marco de la mal llamada «Guerra del Fútbol» ocurrida entre Honduras y El Salvador en Julio de 1969, sobresale la actuación del -entonces-…
TG-REI: A Guatemalan Mustang
byEver since I was a child airplanes have fascinated me, and that does not come hard to explain as my father has many hours…
Secuestro de un IL-18 de Cubana
byAquel avión IL-18 de Cubana de Aviación con decenas de pasajeros a bordo había salido de Santiago de Cuba, rumbo a La Habana, el…
Los Fairchild C-82 de AVIATECA
byLa utilización de los Fairchild C-82 “Packet” por parte de la línea aérea Guatemalteca AVIATECA forma parte de un período de la historia de la aviación…
The Guatemalan Peashooters
byIn 1931, the U.S. Army Air Corps -USAAC- wanted a small pursuit fighter capable of reaching and effectively attack the fast bombers that were…