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 even used to fly the target drogue for the air gunners to practice. It was designed by Kurt Tank and after 1955 other teams continued the development. It flew for the first time in 1953. It was named after the flying beetle due to the noise of the engines.
Characteritics and Performance:
Wingspan 19.60 m Lenght 13.98 m
Height 4.0m Weight (empty) 3.500 kg
Cargo 2.300 kg
Total weight 5.800 kg
Wing load 138 kg/m2
Max speed 380 km/h
Cruise speed 300 km/h
Landing speed 125 km/h
Ceiling 7.000m
Endurance 1.250km
Engines: 2x650hp 9 cil radial
Type: I.Ae.R19A “El Indio” (Argentine design)
Propelers: 3 bladed Rotol fixed pitch
Paint scheme: overall aluminum, White roof, Green tops and light blue undersides.
Artwork by Exequiel Martínez
The IA-35 Huanquero was a training and light transport aircraft produced by the Fábrica Militar de Aviones in Córdoba, which entered service with the Argentine Air Force in the 1950s. Its name, of Quechua origin, means puma or mountain cat.
Exequiel Martínez captures in this work the elegance of one of the last twin-engine propeller-driven designs produced in Argentina before the jet age. His aeronautical collection spans from Argentina’s earliest flights to the Malvinas War of 1982, forming a unique visual archive of national aviation history.
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Argentina’s aeronautical golden age in the 1940s and 50s produced a remarkable series of nationally designed aircraft, from trainers like the Huanquero to advanced jets. Exequiel Martínez’s art collection serves as a visual encyclopedia of this heritage, each painting researched with the precision of a former military aviator and the eye of a skilled artist.