IA – 35 HUANQUERO twin engined, multi seat, low wing plane constructed in aluminum and with tricycle landing gear. Multi role plane that was usesd to train pilots, copilots, navigators, bomb aimers, gunners, photographers and rescue team members. It was bomber, light transport for 3 crew and 7 passengers, ambulance and photo plane. It was […]
Law 20560 to promote the industry boost a strong Argentine civil aviation industry. In order to build licensed light planes from the USA Factory Chincul located in Pocito, San Juan was founded by local empresario José María Beraza. In this case the logic dictated that the agro helped the industry to be born.It started in […]
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 […]
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 […]
IA-24 Calquin. This plane was inspired by WWII planes.It was designed in 1943 and built with local wood. As the in line engines were not obtained these had to be replaced with radial ones. A hundred units were manufactured and joined the attack squadrons of the FAA. The painting shows the famous attack to the […]
1974- Ae-M.Oe.2. This is the last versión of the Observation model manufactured by the Fabrica Militar de Aviones. Similar to the Ae M Oe1 it had a larger vertical Surface and a squared rudder. Modifications to the last helped to solved yaw problems. Fourteen units were manufactured for the Army in 1937. They were SOC […]
More than 200 units were built thus becoming the largest series of airplanes manufactured at the Fábrica Militar de Aviones. It was entirely built with local wood and as the engine was the autoctonous 450 hp “El Gaucho” it was fully Argentine plane. With the fuselage painted in white and the wings in light blue […]
As Argentina does not have an industry capable of a gradual change of aircraft performance these shifts happen at huge leaps. And so do the tactics to use them. As the Pulqui II was never mass produced the North American F-86 F-30 Sabre was purchased instead. Thus from a WWII era Gloster Meteor we jumped […]
1979- Albatros over INO (Puerto Argentino). In 1976 Great Britain and Argentina were told by United Nations to discuss the return of the Islands to the last because the world was expected to have no colonies in the year 2,000. Labour Government started to comply and our teachers teached in the islands while Argentine businessmen […]
1989 – Gloster attack to the Lincolns War games of the 50s had the Gloster (Meteor) as the interceptos along with a radar chain and the anti aircraft guns protecting Buenos A ires. Avro Lincoln and Lancaster based in San Luis would carry out high altitude bombing missions on strategic targets. Had an enemy intended […]
