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…
South American Aviation
Articles about South American military and civilian aviation
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Nieuport-Delage NiD-121C.1 in Peruvian Service
byFRANCE’S CHASSE 1 (C1 — Fighter 1) Specification of 1930 called for a state-of-the-art single-seat fighter for the Armée de l’Air (AdA — French…
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…
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…
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…