The Latin American Aviation Historical Society
Last Updated on May 29, 2025 @ 3:10 PM
For decades, the distinctive roar of piston engines echoed across the plains of Villavicencio, Casanare, and their neighboring departments in eastern Colombia. Douglas DC-3s…
The April 1930, edition of the Bulletin of the Pan American Union noted that: “The shortest air line in Latin America, and possibly in…
Between September 1, 1932, and May 25. 1933 Colombia and Perú fought an undeclared war over a large portion of territory between the Caquetá…
It could just be a simple story of a pilot running his airplane out of gas and ditching in the blue Western Atlantic Ocean,…
A little over ninety years ago, an impressive single-engined biplane, painted ivory white and decorated with brilliant red cheat lines and lettering, was flying…
At long last, the serious study of the aviation history of the region of our home planet that we sometimes describe as Latin America…
On the night of May 23, 1946, the thunderous noise of engines startled the sleep of Aruba’s inhabitants. A large airplane was flying over…
As I delved deeper into the annals of the Talleres Nacionales de Construcciones Aeronáuticas -TNCA- a peculiar sight kept catching my eye: A round,…
In the scorching summer of 1962, the Cold War blazed dangerously hot in the Caribbean. The Cuban revolution, clenching its fist and baring its…
This meticulously researched volume addresses a significant gap in aviation historiography by documenting the complex landscape of military aircraft exports to Latin America during…
I am at odds to describe my opinion, because any book that deals with Latin American aviation is a welcome addition to our libraries…
This is one of those books that we rarely get to see. Why? Well, unless you know what to look for -meaning, you are…
