The DINFIA IA 53 ''Mamboretá'' ( Guaraní for " Praying Mantis") was an agricultural aircraft developed in Argentina by DINFIA in the 1960s.

Description

The IA 53 was a single-engine low-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional undercarriage configuration with fixed tailwheel. Accommodation for the pilot and a single passenger was provided under a broad bubble canopy. Two prototypes were constructed, with the type making its first flight on 10 November 1966. No production followed, with FMA instead building the

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under license.Magnusson 2010, p. 87

Aircraft on display

One aircraft is preserved at the ''

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.Cater & Caballero (IPMS Magazine May 2013)

Specifications

References

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