Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão: Brazilian Aeronautics Pioneer
byThe Brazilian priest, Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão, is considered the pioneer of ballooning, even though he did not build a balloon capable of taking…
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Before Lend-Lease: The South American Defense Aid Program
byWhile the hugely successful World War Two Latin American Lend-Lease program has been very thoroughly investigated, documented and commented upon since the 1970s, an…
Boeing Mail Airplanes in Latin American Military Service
byBefore the name Boeing was known throughout the world as a builder of bombers and other great military airplanes, the company made it’s reputation…
Guatemala’s First Aerial Tragedy
byAviation history in general, goes back long ways in many countries. The lure of the air had been from any centuries, unreachable for most…
Hijacking of a Cubana IL-18
byThe Cubana de Aviación IL-18 aircraft, with dozens of passengers on board, departed Santiago de Cuba for Havana, on March 27, 1966. It was…
AVIATECA’s Fairchild C-82s
byThe use of Fairchild C-82 “Packet” aircraft by the Guatemalan airline AVIATECA is part of a period in that nation’s aviation history that has…
The Curtiss Made in Chile
byThe Hawk and Falcon aircraft types stood out as cutting-edge prototypes of their time. Some even participated in the Chaco War between Bolivia and…
Fernando Soto: In his own words
byIn the context of the so-called “Soccer War” that took place between Honduras and El Salvador in July 1969, the performance of then-Major Fernando…
The Cuban MiGs
byThe term “MiG” has become virtually synonymous with “Russian fighter.” Indeed, when U.S. Navy F-14s downed two Libyan Su-22s, many commentators unintentionally rubbed salt…
The North American AT-6 / SNJ in the Dominican Air Force
byThe Aviación Militar Dominicana or Dominican Military Aviation -AMD- was created in 1930, and between then and 1943, approximately 15 different aircraft were operated…