The Gio Ansaldo & Co. commercial mission in Peru
byIn early 1921, the Gio Ansaldo & Co. S.A.S., the Turin-based Italian weapons manufacturer, sent several commercial missions to a number of countries in…
Peru
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…
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…
The Fairey Seals of the Peruvian Air Corps
byEarly in 1933, Peru maintained an undeclared conflict with the Republic of Colombia unleashed by the occupation – and later reclaim- by Peruvian militias…
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…
Boeing Mail Airplanes in Latin American Military Service
byBefore the name Boeing was known throughout the world as a builder of bombers and other great military airplanes, the company made it’s reputation…
Book: Fábrica Nacional de Aviones Caproni Peruana
byThis is one of those books that we rarely get to see. Why? Well, unless you know what to look for -meaning, you are…
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…
A Bellanca named “Perú”
byThis is the story of a Bellanca CH-200 “Pacemaker”, christened “Perú“, and its brave pilot, Carlos MartÃnez de Pinillos, who completed one of the…