Comparative test type

Molina Baquero Michael David

John Edwar González Arias

ARMY AVIATION SCHOOL

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
BOGOTA DC
MARCH / 9/2021
Introduction
In this short essay we will enter the topic and comparison debate on military
aviation and commercial aviation in Colombia respectively, resulting in that military
aviation is much better and more sophisticated.
Little history of military aviation

Colombian aviation was born thanks to the concerns of a group of gentlemen with
influences in the upper echelons of the government at the time. It was thus that on
September 7, 1916, at the impulse of the Colombian aviation club turned into a
positive "pressure group", the national congress issued the latest law number 15
of 1916 by which a commission was sent to Europe. of the military, to find out about
the warlike advances, but mainly about aviation.
Less than a year after the start of the Great European War or World War I, and in
the face of the ostensible developments and practical effects of aviation in said
conflagration, a group of 19 distinguished Colombians make up the Colombian
Aviation Club with the purpose of promoting by all possible means the aeronautical
development of our country.
Thanks to their efforts, the National Government, headed by President José Vicente
Concha, and the Congress of the Republic issued Law 15 of September 7, 1916,
which provides for the sending of a "Military Studies Commission" abroad. to
advance, among others, Military Aviation studies so that upon their return those
selected would serve as aviators, directors and instructors of an Aviation School,
the establishment of which was also ordered by the same Law, which also provided
for the government support for clubs or scientific centers dedicated to the
development and establishment of aviation in Colombia.
The aim was for Colombia not to lag behind the more developed countries that
already had advanced branches of military aviation. Thus, on December 31 of the
same, Law 126 on the subject was issued giving the corresponding powers and
powers to the government, this Law was immediately sanctioned by the then
President of the Republic, Mr. MARCO FIDEL SUÁREZ, with the signature of his
minister de Guerra, Doctor Jorge Roa.
The original Air material of the Military aviation was constituted as follows:
 3 School aircraft, "CAUDRON G-3", with a French rotary engine Rhone, 80 HP.
 4 twin-engine "CAUDRON G-4, bombing and advanced training, twin-engine,
also equipped with Le Rhone engines.
 4 "NIEUPORT DELAGE" fighter planes, single-seaters, with the same engine.
Little history of commercial aviation

On September 26, 1919, SCADTA was founded, the first Colombian commercial
aviation company with which the development of aviation in the country was
consolidated, so that on this date the Colombian Civil Aviation Day is celebrated in
the country. according to Decree 1905 of 1979. Between 1919 and 1950 27 aviation
companies appeared, in 1920 the Junker F13 were brought SCADTA, which was a
Colombian-German company, to transport passengers, mail and cargo from the
Atlantic coast to the interior of country. The pioneers of aviation in Colombia
appeared in 1911, when aircraft could be seen up close at exhibitions by pilots such
as the Frenchman Paul Miltgen and the Colombian José Cicerón Castillo. On
December 31, 1919, the Colombian military aviation was created and the
Colombian government was empowered to regulate civil aviation.
Another important date in the history of Colombian aviation is July 14, 1940, when
in Barranquilla what we know today as Avianca was established, a company that
was born from the merger between SCADTA and Colombian Air Service.
Currently, the airlines Avianca, LAN, Copa Airlines, Viva air, Easy Fly and Satena
operate in Colombia, plus international airlines with connecting flights in the
country.
Difference between Commercial Aviation and Military Aviation

Commercial Aviation is a type of civil aviation that consists of the existence of

airlines, whether large or small, dedicated to the air transport of people and / or
goods, as well as aero-taxi companies. This transportation can occur at the National
level, as well as at the Transoceanic level.
While Military Aviation is used by the Armed Forces, either through specialized
independent organizations, such as the air force, or through integrated services in
other branches not strictly aeronautical, such as naval aviation or aviation added
to the ground forces.
In the military field, a distinction is usually made between combat aviation and
support aviation. The first includes the aircraft that intervene directly in the battle,
and the second one that performs other tasks of military interest, such as aerial
reconnaissance, electronic warfare, transport, rescue or maritime patrol.

Conclution

In personal opinion, military aviation seems more important to me since all the
dreams of flying were born from there and also became reality, the technology in
the military part is much more advanced than the commercial part and from there
new advances in the aeronautical branch.