Category: Anecdotes

For an Air Cadet in the Air Force Academy with his head full of WWI books and stories it was something very especial to fly and even more if it was wit the ”Gaucho “ Figueroa. Stories of the legendary “Gaucho Volador” (Flying Gaucho) were told when resting from their flights in gliders pulled by biplanes stories. He arrived in… Read more →

You can appreciate the twisted and broken rotor blade. It was an island in a delta. Building bridges and roads would make it more expensive than using a plane but it could not be done because the airstrip was too short. The length of the rope to be used to hang the plane with was calculated using two variables. If… Read more →

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