IMPA Tu-Sa
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| Role | Civil trainer |
| National origin |  Argentina |
| Manufacturer | IMPA |
| First flight | 17 April 1943 |
| Number built | ca. 25 |
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The IMPA Tu-Sa, (IMPA - Industrias Metalúrgicas y Plasticas Argentinas S.A.), named as Impa Tu-Sa-O in the Flight reference,[1] was a civil trainer developed in Argentina in the 1940s for aeroclub use. It was a conventional, low-wing monoplane with wide-track fixed tailwheel undercarriage. In service, the aircraft demonstrated a number of serious and fundamental design flaws that led to a series of accidents and pilots joking that Tu-Sa stood for Todo Un Sarcófago Aéreo ("Altogether an aerial coffin"). When it became apparent that the defects could not be corrected without a complete redesign of the aircraft, they were withdrawn from use.
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Notes:
- ↑ Green, William (17 February 1949). "Argentina's Industry". Flight: 198, 199 & 203. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
Bibliography:
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 534.
- Gunston, Bill (1993). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 156.
- Green, William (17 February 1949). "Argentina's Industry". Flight: 198, 199 & 203. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
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