DINFIA IA 35
| Industry | Aerospace |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1950s |
| Headquarters | Argentina |
The DINFIA IA 35 Huanquero was a versatile twin-engine monoplane developed in Argentina during the 1950s by DINFIA.
Development
The IA 35 Huanquero represents the first design by DINFIA to reach production status. This aircraft was an all-metal, low-wing cantilever monoplane equipped with twin radial engines and featured a high-set tailplane supported by dual vertical stabilizers and rudders. It also incorporated retractable tricycle landing gear. Propulsion was provided by two I.Ae. 19R El Indio radial engines.
Conceived by professor Kurt Tank, a former engineer at Focke-Wulf known for creating the Pulqui II jet fighter, the prototype took to the skies for the first time on 21 September 1953. Although there was an initial plan to manufacture 100 units, production ceased in the mid-1960s after fewer than half of that number were completed. The initial production model flew on 29 March 1957.
Variants
- IA 35 Type 1A
- An advanced trainer focused on instruments and navigation, powered by two IA 19R El Indio radial engines.
- IA 35 Type 1B
- A bomber configuration armed with two Browning machine guns, bomb racks capable of carrying up to , and rails for launching four rockets.
- IA 35 Type 1U
- A trainer for bombing and gunnery duties, featuring two 750hp (559kW) IA 19SR1 El Indio radial engines.
- IA 35 Type II
- Designed as a light transport aircraft accommodating three crew members and seven passengers, driven by two IA 19R El Indio engines.
- IA 35 Type III
- Configured as an air ambulance with a crew of three and space for four stretchers.
- IA 35 Type IV
- Equipped for photographic reconnaissance missions with a crew of three plus an additional camera operator.
- IA 35-X-III Pandora
- A civil transport variant seating ten passengers, powered by two 750hp IA 19SR1 El Indio radial engines.
- IA Constancia II
- The original designation for the Guarani I model featuring Turbomeca Bastan turboprop engines.
- IA 35 Guarani I
- IA 50 Guarani II
Surviving aircraft
- The Huanquero A-316 (formerly operated by the Argentine Air Force) is preserved at the Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica located in Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Operators
Bibliography
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1959–60, Leonard Bridgman, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, London, 1959
- Rétros du Mois, Pierre Cortet, Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire, July 2000, No.88
- FMA: from 1945: The story of Fabrica Militar de Aviones, Argentina: Part 7, Michael Magnusson, Air-Britain Archive, Summer 2009
- Aviation Museums and Collections of the rest of the World, Bob Ogden, Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd, Tonbridge, Kent, UK, 2008
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1965-66, John W. R. Taylor (ed.), Sampson Low, Marston, London, 1965
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985), Orbis Publishing