The XB of Mexican Aviation
byThe prolific author and aero-historian Manuel Ruiz Romero, who passed away in January 2016, published several well illustrated photo essays on early flying, famous…
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I Hated C-47s!
byWhen I was a kid, we are talking ancient history here, late 1950s and 1960s, every single time that I heard any airplane engine…
Book: Piloto Maestro
byThis book presents the flight experiences of a Cuban pilot, Colonel Henry Pérez Martínez. It was kindly provided to me by my friend and…
Book: A Serviço do Generalíssimo
byDesde hace tiempo era necesario un libro sobre los «Chicos de Trujillo», y estoy feliz de que haya sido mi amigo y excelente aero-historiador…
Book: Latin American Fighters
byHace algunas semanas el editor de Arpia Publishing, Heinz Berger, tuvo a bien enviarme un ejemplar del excelente libro “Latin American Fighters: A History…
Book: Curtiss P-40 no Brasil
byExcellent aero-historians Leandro Casella and Rudnei Dias da Cunha, have authored what can be considered -hands down- the definitive book about the Curtiss P-40…
Book: EMB-312 Tucano – Brazil’s Turboprop Success Story
byThe first time I had the chance to see the Embraer EMB-312 Tucano in action was during an impressive aerobatic display that the Brazilian…
Book: Grumman S-2 no Brasil
byThis book’s title is a bit misleading, and not in a bad way. Even though it documents the history of the beautifully ugly Grumman S-2…
Book: EMB-314 Super Tucano – Brazil’s Turboprop Success Story Continues
byOnce again, João Paulo Zeitoun Moralez, an excellent Brazilian journalist and good friend, presents us with another superb research work, this time about the…