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…
South American Aviation
Articles about South American military and civilian aviation
Varig: The boom years
byIn the space of fifty-five years, between 1950 and 2005, the population of Brazil grew from about 51 to 187 million inhabitants, an increase…
The Birth of “Bomb Alley”
byOn the 21st of May, 1982, the British forces began disembarking on San Carlos bay, thus commencing the ground operations of the Malvinas /…
The Fairey Seals of the Peruvian Air Corps
byEarly in 1933, Peru maintained an undeclared conflict with the Republic of Colombia unleashed by the occupation – and later reclaim- by Peruvian militias…
The IA-58A Pucará Torpedo Bomber
byThe South Atlantic conflict caused the Argentine armed forces to face not only a world power when it comes to military might, but also…
Tracking RANSA’s CBY-3 Loadmaster
byVenezuela had a cargo airline that, by the early 1950s, was among the major players of the industry, and had more aircraft than any…
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…
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…
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…
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…