DINFIA IA 53

IA 53 Mamboretá
Role Agricultural aircraft
Manufacturer DINFIA
First flight ca. 1965
Number built 2


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, but no production ensued.

Survivors

One aircraft is preserved at the Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina in Morón, Buenos Aires.


Specifications

Front view of the preserved IA 53

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1969–70[1]

General characteristics

Performance


References

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Notes
  1. Taylor 1969, p. 4.
Bibliography
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