The DINFIA IA 35 Huanquero was a 1950s Argentine twin-engined general-purpose monoplane aircraft built by the DINFIA.
IA 35 Huanquero | |
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Role | Twin-engine utility aircraft Type of aircraft |
Manufacturer | DINFIA |
Designer | Kurt Tank |
First flight | 1953 (21 September 1953) |
Introduction | 1957 |
Primary user | Argentine Air Force |
Number built | 50+ |
The IA 35 Huanquero was the first aircraft design from the DINFIA organisation (Argentina) to enter production. A twin-engined all-metal (except for fabric-covered ailerons) low-wing cantilever monoplane, it had a high-mounted tailplane with two fins and rudders and retractable tricycle landing gear. It was powered by two I.Ae. 19R El Indio[1] radial engines.
The design team was led by professor Kurt Tank, former Focke-Wulf designer who also designed the Pulqui II jet fighter based on the Focke-Wulf Ta 183 of the World War II era.
The prototype first flew on 21 September 1953 and was followed by a planned production batch of 100 aircraft.[2] The first production aircraft flew on 29 March 1957[2] but less than half of the aircraft were built when production ceased in the mid-1960s.
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62[6]
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Dirección General de Aerotécnica (Ae) 1927–1936 | |
Fábrica Militar de Aviones (FMA) 1938–1943 |
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Instituto Aerotécnico (I.Ae) 1943–1952 | |
Instituto Aerotécnico (IA) 1952-present |
Aircraft designed by Kurt Tank | |
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Early years | |
For Focke-Wulf | |
Post-Second World War |