Venezuela

Angel Falls aviation history barnstorming bush flying bush pilot El Río Caroní Jimmy Angel

The Hangar May 22, 2026

Jimmy Angel and the bush plane stranded on top of the world's tallest waterfall

How bush pilot Jimmy Angel crash-landed on a Venezuelan mesa in 1937 and accidentally gave the world's tallest waterfall its name.

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The Hangar Apr 24, 2026

Jimmy Angel and the crash landing on top of the world's tallest waterfall

Jimmy Angel crashed his Flamingo monoplane atop Venezuela's Auyán-tepui in 1937, proving the world's tallest waterfall existed.

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