The Aero Boero 260AG is an
Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
agricultural aircraft
An agricultural aircraft is an aircraft that has been built or converted for agricultural use – usually aerial application of pesticides (crop dusting) or fertilizer (aerial topdressing); in these roles they are referred to as "crop duster ...
that first flew in
1973
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Despite the similarity in designation, it is completely different from and unrelated to the
Aero Boero AB-260
The Aero Boero AB-210 is an Argentine civil utility aircraft, a development of the AB-180 with improved performance delivered by a fuel-injected engine. Unlike previous aircraft by this manufacturer, it also featured tricycle undercarriage, bu ...
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The 260AG is a low-wing monoplane with a single seat and fixed tailwheel undercarriage. Development commenced in
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The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
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as the AG.235/260, but various problems forced the project to stagnate and it was not revived until the 1990s.
Specifications (AG.235/260)
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External links
260AG – Official siteAero Boero 260AG at Flickr!Aero Boero 260AG at Flickr!
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260AG
1970s Argentine agricultural aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1972