One Lucky Moth
byOn the night of May 23, 1946, the thunderous noise of engines startled the sleep of Aruba’s inhabitants. A large airplane was flying over…
Venezuela
On the Razor’s Edge
byIn the scorching summer of 1962, the Cold War blazed dangerously hot in the Caribbean. The Cuban revolution, clenching its fist and baring its…
Tracking RANSA’s CBY-3 Loadmaster
byVenezuela had a cargo airline that, by the early 1950s, was among the major players of the industry, and had more aircraft than any…
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…