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…
South American Aviation
Articles about South American military and civilian aviation
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…
The Caproni Ca.114 in Peruvian Service
byThe frantic rearming process that followed the cease of fire of May, 1933, which put to an end the hostilities between Perú and neighboring…
The Saga of the Paraguayan and Brazilian Privateers
byTowards the end of the 1950s, a strange four-engined aircraft landed at the Aeropuerto Internacional de Asunción. It was a North American bomber from…
Those Peruvian Ca. 135s
byThe subject of speculation, conjecture and considerable mis-information for years, the little known Caproni Ca. 135s built and exported to Peru for use by…
The Caproni AP-1 in Paraguayan Service
byIn 1936, during Col. Rafael Franco’s regime, a decision was made to purchase 60 new aircraft to re-equip the Paraguayan Air Arm. This move…
Bolivian Air Force operations during the Ñancahuazú Counter-Insurgency Campaign – 1967
byUp to this date, we have five decades worth of material written about the nine-month guerrilla campaign led by Ernesto “Che” Guevara in Bolivia….