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twin-engined general-purpose monoplane aircraft built by the DINFIA.

Development

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 radial engines. The design team was led by professor

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, former

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designer who also designed the

Pulqui II The FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II (in the indigenous language Mapuche, ''Pulqúi'': Arrow)Crowder-Taraborrelli, Tomas F"Evita in Wonderland: Pulqui and the Workshop of Underdevelopment."''CineAction'', 22 June 2009. Retrieved: 26 April 2010. was a jet ...

jet fighter based on the

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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.Taylor 1961, p. 5. The first production aircraft flew on 29 March 1957 but less than half of the aircraft were built when production ceased in the mid-1960s.

Variants

;IA 35 Type 1A :Advanced instrument or navigation trainer, powered by two IA 19R El Indio radial engines. ;IA 35 Type 1B :Bomber version of the Type 1A, armed with 2x Browning machine guns, racks for bombs up to and rails for 4x rockets underwing.Bridgman 1959, pp. 5–6 ;IA 35 Type 1U :Bombing and gunnery trainer, powered by two 750hp (559kW) IA 19SR1 El Indio radial engines. ;IA 35 Type II : Light transport version with a crew of three and seven passengers, powered by two IA 19R El Indio radial engines. ;IA 35 Type III : Air ambulance version with a crew of three and four stretchers with attendants, powered by two IA 19R El Indio radial engines. ;IA 35 Type IV :Photographic reconnaissance version with crew of three and camera operator, powered by two IA 19R El Indio radial engines. ;IA 35-X-III Pandora :Civil transport version with room for ten passengers, powered by two 750hp (559kW) IA 19SR1 El Indio radial engines. ; IA Constancia II :initial designation of the Guarani I, with

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turboprops. ;

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Survivors

* Huanquero A-316 (ex-Argentine Air Force) is preserved at the Museo Nacional de Aeronautica, Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina.Ogden, 2008, p. 510Cater & Caballero (IPMS Magazine May 2013)

Operators

; : Argentine Air Force

Specifications (IA 35 Type 1A)

Notes

Bibliography

* * * * * *The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing

External links

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