The FMA IA 58 Pucará is an Argentine ground-attack and counter-insurgency aircraft manufactured by the Fábrica Militar de Aviones. It is a low-wing twin-turboprop all-metal monoplane with retractable
An IA 58 Pucará of the Argentine Air Force
IA 58 Pucará with assorted armaments
A captured Pucará on display at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford
Helmet of pilot shot down by small arms fire from 2 PARA during the Falklands War
The Fábrica Argentina de Aviones SA, is Argentina's main aircraft manufacturer. Founded on 10 October 1927 and located in Córdoba, for most of its existence it was known as "Fábrica Militar de Aviones
FMA IA 58 Pucará
…The FMA IA 58 Pucará (Quechua: Fortress) is an Argentine ground-attack and counter-insurgency (COIN) aircraft manufactured by the Fábrica Militar de Aviones. It is a low-wing twin-turboprop all-metal monoplane with retractable landing gear, capable of operating from unprepared strips when operationally…
1930s view of the FMA workshop
Late 1940s view of the FMA/IAe "Hangar 90" production line: I.Ae.22 DL (back) and I.Ae.24 Calquín (front)
1960s view of the production line: Morane Saulnier 760