Alcaravanes: Colombia’s Vanishing Aviation Heritage
byFor decades, the distinctive roar of piston engines echoed across the plains of Villavicencio, Casanare, and their neighboring departments in eastern Colombia. Douglas DC-3s…
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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 &…
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…
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 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…
Bellanca War Planes of Latin America
byGuiseppe M. Bellanca came to the United States in 1911 with a degree in engineering and little else. By 1927, he had founded Bellanca…