CNA: Guatemala’s First Commercial Airline
byFor the uninitiated, the name William Wadsworth Hodkinson may not ring a bell, but to a Hollywood history enthusiast, he is renowned for revolutionizing…
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Memories of a Ferry Pilot – Stangs for Central 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…
The Search for my Friend
byIt’s early in the evening of September 21, 1960, Pat Hughes knows that he and his mechanic, Thomas Stacey, are in trouble. It has…
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…
Guatemala’s First Aerial Tragedy
byAviation history in general, goes back long ways in many countries. The lure of the air had been from any centuries, unreachable for most…
AVIATECA’s Fairchild C-82s
byThe use of Fairchild C-82 “Packet” aircraft by the Guatemalan airline AVIATECA is part of a period in that nation’s aviation history that has…
The Tale of “TG-CUS-C”
byThe photo accompanying this post was shared with us by our friend and superb aviator Luis Carlos Samayoa and is part of his father’s…
The Guatemalan Peashooters
byIn 1931, the U.S. Army Air Corps -USAAC- wanted a small pursuit fighter capable of reaching and effectively attack the fast bombers that were…
TG-REI: A Guatemalan Mustang
byEver since I was a child airplanes have fascinated me, and that does not come hard to explain as my father has many hours…
Guatemala Takes the Sky Road
byThis short article about the Guatemalan airline Aviateca, was published on the “Bulletin of the Pan American Union” of July 1947. Besides a couple…