Latin American Aviation Weblinks

[Panama Jack]

I was just thinking it might be a good idea to share some interesting Latin American aviation websites. Be aware that some of these may be in Spanish:

Asociacion de Lineas Aereas-- Costa Rica (http://www.alacostarica.com)

Asociacion Latinoamericana de Aeronautica (ALA)-- The Latinamerican Aeronautical Association (http://www.ala.aero)

Latin American Aviation Historical Society (http://www.laahs.com) (Guatemala City, Guatemala based)-- also with good links for some Latin American aviation books.

La Aviacion en Chile (http://www.aviacion.cl)

Chile Aviacion (http://www.chileaviacion.dm.cl/)

Would be interesting to hear of other worthwhile links. :ok:

[latinaviation]

Great idea, Jack.

AviaGlobal (http://www.aviaglobal.com/index.htm)

Aviation Management Services (http://www.avman.com/main.htm)

AvNews Latin America & Caribbean (http://www.avnewsinc.com/main.htm)

Caribbean Aviation (http://www.caribbeanaviation.com/)

JetSite (Portuguese) (http://www.jetsite.com.br/default2.asp)

[Panama Jack]

Great stuff latinaviation. :ok:

Here are a few others:

Asociacion Sindical de Pilotos Aviadores de Mexico (http://www.aspa.org.mx)

Caribbean ALPA (http://www.caribbeanalpa.com)

Jamaican Airline Pilots Association (JALPA) (http://www.jalpa.org)

Sindicato de Pilotos de Lan Chile (http://www.sind-pilotlan.cl/main.html)

Pagina no oficial de los pilotos de Iberia (http://www.pilotosdeiberia.com/) (not Latin American, but see the "Destinos" then "Miami Hub" section for some great information about Iberia's destinations in Central America from a pilot's perspective)

Corporacion Centroamericana de Servicios de Navegacion Aerea (COCESNA) (http://www.cocesna.hn/) The agency responsible for ATC and navigation services for Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and a large part of the Western Caribbean waters. Their site also has Notams for this area.

[AeroBoero]

Sorry that these are brazilian sites, but for the spanish speaker shouldn't be a hassle to understand most of it.

Aviação Brasil (http://www.aviacaobrasil.com.br/)

Flysite (http://www.flysite.com.br/)

AeroEntusiasta (http://planeta.terra.com.br/lazer/sbpa/) This one have a decent forum, mostly for spotters but still good.

Aeronave (http://www.aeronave.com.br/)

[Panama Jack]

Government civil aviation authority pages:


Caribbean Region:

DAC-- Bermuda (http://www.dca.gov.bm)
CAA-- Cayman Islands (http://www.caacayman.com)
IACC-- Cuba (http://www.cubagob.cu/des_eco/iacc/home.htm)
DGAC-- Dominican Republic (http://www.dgac.gov.do)
JCAA- Jamaica (http://www.jcaa.gov.jm)
Directorate of Civil Aviation-- Eastern Caribbean States (http://www.oecs.org/DCA_WEBsite/dcahome.htm)
TTCAA-- Trinidad & Tobago (http://www.caa.gov.tt/home.asp)


Central America and Mexico:

SCT-- Mexico (http://www.sct.gob.mx/)
Ministry of Communications, Transport and Public Utilities-- Belize (http://www.belize.gov.bz/cabinet/m_samuels/contact_inf.html)
DGAC-- Guatemala (http://www.dgacguate.com/dgac/index.php)
AAC-- El Salvador (http://www.aac.gob.sv/index.htm)
DGAC-- Honduras (http://www.dgachn.org/)
INAC-- Nicaragua (http://www.inac.gob.ni)
DGAC-- Costa Rica (http://www.dgac.go.cr/)
AAC-- Panama (http://www.aeronautica.gob.pa/)

South America:

Subsecretar'a de Transporte Aerocomercial-- Argentina (http://www.aerocomercial.gov.ar/)
DAC-- Brazil (http://www.dac.gov.br/principal/index.asp)
DGAC-- Bolivia (http://www.dgac.gov.bo/)
DGAC-- Chile (http://www.dgac.cl/)
JAC-- Chile (http://www.jac-chile.cl/)
Aeronáutica Civil-- Colombia (http://www.aerocivil.gov.co/)
DGAC-- Ecuador (http://www.dgac.gov.ec/)
DINAC-- Paraguay (http://www.dinac.gov.py)
DGAC-- Peru (http://www.mtc.gob.pe/dgac.html)
CADSUR- Civil Aviation Department of Suriname-- Suriname (http://http://www.cadsur.sr/)
DINACIA-- Uruguay (http://www.dinacia.gub.uy)
INAC-- Instituto de Aviación Civil de Venezuela (http://www.inac.gov.ve/home.php)


And a few others of interest:

Comisión Latinoamericana de Aviación Civil (http://clacsec.lima.icao.int/)
Baja Bush Pilots (http://www.bajabushpilots.com/)
Servicios a la Navegación en el Espacio Aéreo Mexicano-- SENEAM (http://www.seneam.gob.mx/)

[Panama Jack]

Found a few interesting Mexican websites:

aviacion.com.mx (http://www.aviacion.com.mx/) All sorts of interesting stuff here, including links with information for seemingly any kind of government application in Mexico, information for flying to Mexico, airports, schools, etc. Suposedly also a subscription service for job hunters.

FEDERACION MEXICANA DE PILOTOS Y PROPIETARIOS DE AERONAVES, A.C. (http://www.femppa.com/) A group for Mexican private aircraft owners and pilots (like AOPA in the United States). Also has an English section. Check the "Ligas" section for many links to Mexican and non-Mexican websites (lots of links to Mexican aviation legislation.

elcapi.com.mx (http://www.elcapi.com.mx/) Another site providing some links to Mexican aviation including aviation schools and skydiving, with a subscription service to job hunters.

Colegio de Pilotos Aviadores de Mexico (http://www.colegiodepilotos.org.mx) Not an aviation academy . . . nor even a union, for a lack of better words, this organization provides a profesional umbrella for it's members-- it is probably the closest thing if pilots could get as organized as a group of professionals as do doctors and lawyers (code of ethics, participation in accident investigation, conflict disputes, assistance in applications, etc.) Also with a section dedicated to rotary wing pilots, and aviation legislation information.

[brazilianpilot]

SOME GOOD ONES FROM BRAZIL


www.tam.com.br
www.att.org.br
www.aeronautas.org.br

best regards from brazil

brazilianpilot

[Panama Jack]

Asociación Latino Americana de Derecho Aeronáutico y Espacial (ALADA) (http://www.alada.org/) For the "legal eagles" and based in Buenos Aires. From their website: "ALADA is the leading association in the air transport business in Latin America and with an important international exposure. ALADA has (and still does) asist and advice the leading decisión makers of the air transport business in aspects that go far beyond the legal ones, in such varied millieu as economic-commercial and even in the higher education of new leaders of the business."


Asociación Latinoamericana de Transporte Aéreo (ALTA) (http://www.alta.aero/) "ALTA (Previously AITAL) is a private, non-profit organization composed by Latin American commercial airlines, whose objective is to combine and coordinate the efforts of its Members to facilitate the development of air transport in the Latin America region and to ensure better communication and collaboration amongst them for the users, the industry and the mutual benefit.

Instituto Aeronáutico Latino Americano (IALA) (http://www.ialainstitute.com) "IALA is an institution founded in 1996 to provide professional training in the field of Aeronautics in Latin America. Its main campus is in San José, Costa Rica, where most of its courses are given."

[Panama Jack]

Aeroclub de Guatemala (http://www.aeroclubguatemala.com/) Flew with these people a few years ago (Tomas Hirschmann). Nice folks, great facilities . . . a helpful bunch.

[MD11_SW]

A few more Brazilian sites (most of then, unfortunately, in Portuguese):

SNA – Brazilian Pilots and Fight Attendants joint national Union
http://www.aeronautas.org.br

APVAR - Varig Pilot's Association
http://www.apvar.org.br

DAC - Brazilian Civil Aviation Authority
http://www.dac.gov.br/principal/index.asp

Infraero – Brazilian state owned Airport Administration Company
http://www.infraero.gov.br/

Varig – Brazilian Airlines
http://www.varig.com

Flysite
http://www.flysite.com.br

O Avião
http://www.oaviao.com.br

GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes
http://www.voegol.com.br

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Alberto Santos Dumont – Brazilian Aviation Pioneer sites (English only):

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/scitech/impacto/graphic/aviation/alberto.html

http://www.maria-brazil.org/santos.htm

http://www.thefirsttofly.hpg.ig.com.br/pioneer2.htm

http://www.thefirsttofly.hpg.ig.com.br/englishpage.htm

http://www.first-to-fly.com/History/History%20of%20Airplane/santos_dumont.htm

http://www.earlyaviators.com/edumont.htm

http://btobsearch.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?sourceid=00395996645644787198&btob=Y&pwb=1&ean=9780786866595

http://www.irenescorner.com/home/braziliancorner/dummont/

http://www.thosemagnificentmen.co.uk/ASD/

http://www.thosemagnificentmen.co.uk/ASD/

http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?txtkeys1=Santos-Dumont

http://www.century-of-flight.freeola.com/Aviation%20history/up%20to%20WW%201/Santos%20Dumont.htm

http://www.laprensa-sandiego.org/archieve/september28/santos.htm

[Panama Jack]

A couple new websites to add today:

Sobrevuelo (http://ivansiminic.********.com/)-- Essays in Spanish language about Chilean and international civil and military aviation.


Costa Rica Aviation (http://www.costaricaaviation.com/) Pictures, Central American approach charts, downloads for Flight Simulator fans, a forum with discussion on Costa Rican and some Central American aviation themes, and a link to listen live to Costa Rican ATC.

[Panama Jack]

Caribbean/Latin America Terminal Instrument Procedures (https://164.214.2.62/products/digitalaero/terminals/termindex.cfm?versionname=V0509&regionname=CARIBBEAN_SOUTH_AMERICA) A limited selection of Aerodrome Diagrams, SIDS, STARS and Approach plates as published by the US National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (of importance to the US Military)

Other NGA Publications online
here (https://164.214.2.62/products/digitalaero/index.cfm#flip)

[Panama Jack]

aerovia.com (http://www.aerovia.com/) An all-Spanish, hispanic aviation website (Iberian peninsula and Latin America). Great way to surf away another afternoon. :8

Volar en Venezuela.com (http://www.volarenvenezuela.com/vev/index.php) Another Spanish-language website dedicated to Venezuelan aviation. Very nicely designed website

El Portal de la Aviación Agrícola Hispana (http://www.tamsa.arrakis.es/preguntas_y_respuestas.htm) Hispanic website for Forest Fire and Ag-Pilots.

[mellowflyer]

Plenty of wannabe's but some useful info

fsmex.com

[kimberly_lindstrom]

Hey, Does anyone know how to convert outside Commercial fixed wing liceneses...say Canadian... to Panamanian? My parents live down there and I cant wait to move.

[Panama Jack]

Your question, Kimberly, belongs in a different thread. To answer your question, however, I don't know of any opportunities in Panama, myself not having lived there for over 5-years. Also, unless you are a Panamanian or married to a Panamanian, the employment scene as well as even getting a Commercial Licence or ATP in most Latin American countries is pretty much restricted.

[JosephGRU]

Im from Brazil
Enter my aviation forum (in portuguese)
http://www.forumsvibe.com/gruzilianos/

and this is my site:
http://br.geocities.com/central_spotter/

Thanks

[Zapata_rides!]

A Good Brazilian site with a section on the former airline:
"Real Transportes Aereos"

http://www.jetsite.com.br/2006/mostra_nostalgia.asp?codi=46

and lots of other nice things!

http://www.jetsite.com.br/2006/default.asp

The Republic Of Mexico Air Force in Combat World War 2

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2003/n10212003_200310214.html

http://www.airartnw.com/images/aztec_eagles_with_signatures.jpg

Saludos Amigos
Zapata

[Panama Jack]

A few interesting site to check out:

Flying Gliders (sailplanes) in Uruguay!!! COOL!!! :ok:
Centro Uruguayo de Planeadores (http://www.geocities.com/planeadoresuy/Index.htm)


La Caída del vuelo 901 (http://www.laprensagrafica.com/espec...ca/default.asp) Done by the Costa Rican newspaper La Prensa Grafica, this is an interesting website about the crash of Aviateca Flt 901 (a Boeing 737-200), which occured on August 9, 1995, and remains El Salvador's worst aviation accident. The aircraft was a victim of Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) into Volcán Chichontepec while on descent into SAL and deviating around weather. Fascinating pictures, as well as a 15 minute audio recreation of the flight. Unfortunately for non-Spanish speakers, most of the information is in Spanish.

[Da_Sky_isnt_da_Limit]

Does any body know which are the best flyings schools in Brazil and Argentina?

[thierryisback]

Im from Brazil
Enter my aviation forum (in portuguese)
http://www.forumsvibe.com/gruzilianos/

and this is my site:
http://br.geocities.com/central_spotter/

Thanks

How are you?:}
I lived in Brazil and i have a family there. I'd like to work in you country. Do you know airlines hiring ?

Best regards:)

[max payload]

Greetz,

Mayhaps off-topic, but is anyone aware of strips where I can fly a glider in central America, say, Panama or Costa Rica?

Cheers- Max

[Panama Jack]

If you are talking about where there are gliderports in Panamá or Costa Rica, sorry, I don't know that there are any (sadly), nor for that matter anywhere in Central America.

If you are asking about suitable aerodromes and locations for gliders, then I would think that in Costa Rica, in the Guanacaste region around Liberia (this is the northeast region near the Nicaraguan border) would be ideal due with it's ample flat farm-land (places to land out) mixed with hills in the surrounding area and many thermals.

In Panama, it is typically more humid, and while there is no shortage of Cu's and thermal lift, the cloud bases are lower due to the temp/dewpoint spread. There are a few aerodromes that may be quite suitable around Rio Hato, Penonomé, and Chitré, just a couple hours drive from Panama City. The Azuero Peninsula is the dryest part of Panama and offers the best flying conditions as far as visibility and ceilings, it's been a few years but it seems to me that it was bumpy everywhere when I flew around in the BE90. :ok:

Truth be told, I've fantasied numerous times about what it might be like to have a motor-glider in Central America.

[max payload]

PJ,

Thanks a lot for that, and looots of apologies for not keeping up-to-date by managing to only sign in a month later... what a life, must slow down!

I own a 22 and my L/D of 60+ should get me around some... my question is related to a fleeting thought courting the possible setting up of alien residence in Central America... alas, topic closed for now :ok:

Max

[Panama Jack]

OK, time for me to plug my very own little invention:

Hangar Nica- El portal de Aviación Civil en Nicaragua (http://mx.groups.yahoo.com/group/hangarnica/)

[Panama Jack]

Aviacol- Aviación 100% Colombiana (http://www.aviacol.net/inicio/)-- everything about Colombian aviation.

Sindicato Panameño de Aviadores Comerciales-- SIPAC (http://www.sipac-panama.com/) The union representing the pilots of COPA

Approach charts of Central America FIR (http://www.vatca.com.gt/)-- for Flight Simulator addicts

Aviacion Latina (http://www.aviacionlatina.net/)-- A quality website offering a collection of news articles pertaining to aviation in Latin America.

[I-IIII]

I am looking information about brikoair in trinidad
Thanks

[guiones]

La Prensa Grafica is from El Salvador, not Costa Rica.

One more:

http://www.aviacioncr.net

[TOFFAIR]

I like aerolatinnews.com ... some spanish, portuguese and english...

[MrFly]

A few nice blogs and news sites for Chile:

http://envivodesdescl.********.com/

PilotosChile.cl | www.pilotoschile.cl (http://www.pilotoschile.cl/)

ModoCharlie.com - Acontecer aeronautico en español (http://modocharlie.com/)

http://newsdescl.********.com/

[deutvr01]

I'm looking into getting my CPL but I'm not sure where I want to have my training. I speak both Spanish and English and would love to fly for LAN and do some kind of training in Chile. However, I have been told that it is better to get training in the states. Is this true? What is the difference in quality? If I got a CPL in Chile would it be considered valuable to airlines in the states?

Anyone that has experience with this or any kind of advice is more than welcome to help me decide what I want to do!

[Claudio Agostini]

ABRAPHE - Associação Brasileira de Pilotos de Helicóptero

ABRAPHE (http://www.abraphe.org.br)

ABRAPHE on Air Magazine
ABRAPHE ON AIR | ABRAPHE (http://www.abraphe.org.br/abraphe-on-air)

[BimJim]

The CRANe - Caribbean Regional Aviation Network - is interested in any aviation activities in the Caribbean basin - including where it touches on North, Central and South America.

Not restricted to pilots - all aviation employees (and their unions) are welcome.

* This resource also acts as a news archive...

Caribbean Regional Aviation Network
http://www.crane.org/index.php

[MARCO139]

I fly a corporate helicopter in Italy. My Boss is looking for a tour in Uruguay: does someone know some helicopter company in that State? thanks a lot

[raydux]

A website has just been created with information about Belize aviation. It's being built as I type this and everyday has new content. Check it out...
Belize-Aviation.com : Flying in Belize, legal info, stories, local Belizean runways, Instrument Approaches, and other flying stuff! (http://www.belize-aviation.com)

[NikB]

Hola Everyone.

Excellent sites posted here.
Does anyone have any site in mind that might have the answers of the English ATPL Regulations Exam for DGAC Chile??? Obviously apart from the actual Chilean DGAC regulations themselves. I'm looking to con-validate my license and I need to pass this exam first.

Thank you in advance
N.

[JumpJumpJump]

This site is owned and written by a British pilot for teaching aviation English to pilots and Cabin crew in Brazil. There are lots of articles and lots of grammar advice and vocabulary for portugese speaking aviation profesionals.

www.planeenglish.com.br (http://www.planeenglish.com.br)

[aphelandra]

hi how are u! i am new here i don't know how tu use this forum!!

[henryveeris]

For those of you who would like to get aviation info of the Dutch Caribbean, please visit the site www.arubaaviation.com (http://www.arubaaviation.com) and www.curacaoaviation.com (http://www.curacaoaviation.com)
This site is somewhat old but will be updated soon.
I will facilitate some additional sites soon as I have to dig them up in my files. We need to expose the aviation sector better overseas. Many people don't know much of the ABC Islands; Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. Aruba of course is a very popular Tourism vacation destination, but Curacao is fast becoming a heaven for European Tourists.

[Martin Diaz]

hey guys, you know about any airline or small company which hiring pilots
im young pilot 22 years 1600 total hs.

[Fishcelcat]

Hi, any info on operating experimental aircraft in Panama? I own two, a Fisher Celebrity biplane and an Avid Catalina amphibian.
Cheers,

Efraim