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Sinaloa has a long history in the Mexico's aviation. These are some pictures from my album and my father's.
Sinaloa was the gate to the mountains in the Durango and Chihuahua side. In Sinaloa, the agriculture and in the mountains, the mining, were the factors that made that the aviation developed from the 20's.
One of the first pilots in Sinaloa was Mr. Juan Vazquez. In the 40's, Efrain Gonzalez set the Military Aviation School of Sinaloa, and from that date, the aviation grows every year. Mr. Gonzalez was the teacher of many pilots, some of them still working, like my father.
All the registration are mexicans. The "X" means Mexico, the "B" means Private, the "A" means "Commercial". The last three letters are the registration code.

  

The first plane at Culiacan       Crop duster Stearman XB-ROK

  

The Military Aviation School in Culiacan. Those where war times. Ussing Piper J-3, Farchilld PT-19 and Voultee AT-4.

  

My father's 1944 license!      J-3 and PA-18 landed at Las Coloradas

  

Hurricane hits Culiacan       Flying to San Ignacio.

  

Getting intructed in the AT-4      J-3 landed at Pichacho, Sinaloa.