Latin American P-38 Postscript
byFor LAAHS members who may have already acquired either a Kindle or hard copy of the book P-38 in Latin America (Aviation Art &…
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Memories of a Ferry Pilot – Jugs For South America
byLieutenant Colonel Dell Toedt, born in Laurel, Iowa, in 1930, is a veteran of the Korean War where he flew P-51s with the 45th Tactical…
Memories of a Ferry Pilot – Adventures in the Caribbean
byLieutenant Colonel Dell Toedt, born in Laurel, Iowa, in 1930, is a veteran of the Korean War where he flew P-51s with the 45th…
Eddie De Larm
byThe photo, from about 1940, shows veteran pilot Edward Orville De Larm (1888-1970s?) posing before a shiny new TACA Lockheed 14, that perhaps he…
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…
North American Aviation “Heavyweights” in Latin America
byMy previous article for LAAHS concerned Cuba, a subject that became important and interesting to me late in life, after I started traveling to…
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…
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…
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…