Skyhawks Illustrated #12931: An Argentinian Skyhawk that was never Argentinian
Our latest Skyhawk Illustrated is an A-4C with an intense operational life which, transiting through Vietnam and AMARC, nearly made it into the Malaysian Air...
An Argentine Sabre Jet in Colorado Springs
Thirty five years ago, one of the Fuerza Aérea Argentina's (FAA, Argentine Air Force) last few North American F-86F Sabre jets undertook the return to...
Skyhawks Illustrated #12505: A veteran of the controversial attack on HMS “Invincible”
Initially built for operation aboard American aircraft carriers, this particular Skyhawk had a rich operational history as it served in wartime, or near wartime, operations...
Skyhawks Illustrated #14110: A Skyhawk that flew to the sound of the Marseillaise
Skyhawk reloaded… in 1970 McDonnell Douglas offered an improved A-4 to extend its active life in the U.S. Marine Corps, starting a proliferation of versions now known as the Skyhawk II.
The Chilean F-16 that “shot down” a British Sea Harrier
Unique among 30 former Dutch F-16s purchased by Chile at the beginning of the XXI Century is an example which can claim to have shot down a British naval fighter “in combat”… read on!
LV-ISC: From Perón and Maradona to the scrapyard
The third of four Boeing 707s purchased by Aerolíneas Argentinas in the 1960s had a notorious yet forgotten history: It was the first Argentine airliner...
A hawk called “Akori”: JetSmart’s first airliner
On its fifth anniversary flying with JetSmart’s Chilean unit, let’s recap the individual story of this gorgeous aircraft and its unique name and markings.
LV-MRE: The Argentine “Bonanza-struck” Tomahawk…
One of 157 Tomahawks built in Chincul's Pocito (S.J.) plan under Piper's Foreign Assembly Program (line number 39), the aircraft was designated "PA-A-38-112" (the middle...
LV-X216: Morón’s eccentric MiG-15…
After 35 years of military service in Poland, a MiG-15 two-seat trainer found its way into private hands in Argentina at the turn of the century. After a short and eventful career in a country not prepared for the “warbirds” business, it got to rest in Morón’s National Aeronautics Museum. Let’s take a look at the career of this distinct representative of the Soviet side of the Cold War.
Skyhawks Illustrated #10709: “The first Scooter”
Literally "hand built," XA4D-1's first prototype rolled off the Douglas Aircraft Company plant at El Segundo, CA, powered by a Curtiss-Wright J65-W-16A engine and fitted...