TAM adds São Paulo-New York Boeing 777 daytime frequency
Flights launched on 21 September and are set to broaden passenger flight schedule options.
Thirty Vipers monopolize the 2013 Great Chilean Military Parade
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="650"] Two F-16As from Group No.8 approaching to land on runway 17L at Pudahuel (photo: Carlos Ay).[/caption] Nearly 8,500 troops, 100 aircraft,...
LATAM releases comparative traffic stats for August (2013 v. 2012)
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The Illustrated Catalogue to Argentine Air Force Aircraft
Improving this classical Aeromilitaria Argentina reference, we bring the catalogue up to date and illustrate it with images for many of the 180+ aircraft and hot air balloon types operated by the service since 1912.
Magic mirror on the wall, who is the youngest of them all?
The matter of the age and size of Aerolineas Argentinas fleet is in vogue. Neither of both issues is especially key to providing a good service to passengers, that is what basically have to do any commercial aviation company.
Farewell Jambock!
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Argentine Air Force to get two Bell 412EPs
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="650" caption="Even though the second unit is purportedly registered in Argentina by Chilean operator Heliandes, contract documentation indicates that it actually belongs...
LAN´s Dreamliners resume flights
Following authorization by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration Boeing, LAN Airlines conducted the first test flight of its 787 Dreamliner after implementing the modifications required to the battery system of the aircraft.
My first Dreamliner… “Batteries not included”
Roughly two months after LAN’s Dreamliner inaugural commercial service, one of our correspondents had a chance to fly Boeing’s futuristic airliner proposal as a regular, fare-paying passenger in the Buenos Aires-Santiago route. Check and see how it felt to fly a Boeing 787 before their auxiliary power unit batteries would reheat and release smoke getting the worldwide Dreamliner fleet grounded for more than ninety days…
Chilean military aviation centennial
Commemorating the creation of the El Bosque-based Military Aeronautics School and their first military flight in early 1913, Chile’s Air Force celebrated 100 years of military aviation in the first week of March 2013. Summarizing a century of aviation progress in words and facts, the centennial was marked by a formal ceremony held at El Bosque, an open day held at Pudahuel and a host of other social and cultural events elsewhere. The main activities were covered by Gaceta Aeronáutica correspondents on-site and a complete debriefing is presented inside.