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| Paul Scott, e-mail, 28.03.2015 20:31 Amazing, intesting story about Rockerfeller Dr Croft!
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| Dr. Michael Craft Sr. D.D., e-mail, 18.11.2014 18:32 The Pucara is a very nice plane and should be used in the "BUSH" against both armor of terrorist combat personal and all terrorist organizations at large! The Pucara is cheap to fly and can take off and land on grass or hard dirt! Jets can not use fresh ground! I was Nelson Rockefellers go to guy when he was Vice President and do know a little! My father had been 'Rocky's" bag man for years thus Rocky knew me as a youth! I know War, unfortunitely! I hate War! I love the Pucara and would like to say that it has 3 50 caliber machine guns that can fire in tandum, thus the Pucara can cut any opposition in two at will! It is a great terrorist combat plane! Thank You, Dr. Mike
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| THEBATTLEMASTER, 13.12.2012 22:37 Sorry forgot to give credit to all the countrys who helped us out in WW2. We would have failed if it wasnt for all the countrys we had. There was SO MANY countrys in the allies.
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| THEBATTLEMASTER, 13.12.2012 22:35 It is an alright plane. Still in use. I only say it is alright because I live in america lol. The U.S. used to be the best military in the world (we were able to take out germany, a super power). Now we only have the best Air Force our army is not the best. I don't know about the navy we might be the best.
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| Roberto Mendieta, e-mail, 16.06.2012 02:23 Back in 1978, Nicaragua tested and considered buying the Pucara for its Air Force, instead they bought the Cessna 337 (Civil version of the 02), I believe that if we have had the Pucara at the time the story would have been different!!
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| trebosc, e-mail, 15.05.2012 20:29 Bonjour,
Les hélices du Pucara étaient fabriquées par Ratier-Figeac.
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| guillermo, e-mail, 27.02.2012 05:32 You will see good drawings in: airwar.ru
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| Mario D, e-mail, 25.08.2011 00:52 que bueno hubiera sido una version con 2 pequeños turbofan algo asi como un mini A10
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| dashanya, 21.06.2011 06:35 What do we (modelers) have to do to get the kit companies to listen to us, to get a kit made of this aircraft ???? Thanks
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| gabriel novaro, e-mail, 13.03.2011 07:41 No se quejen, amigos argentinos. Que envidia su industria y qué buen uso le dieron en las Malvinas. Mexico, mi tierra, no pudo, los gringos nos forzaron a firmar un tratado que por décadas nos prohibio fabricar aviones (entre otras cosas, motores, etc) para sacarnos de la jugada y vendernos lo que quisieran. Uds no sabne la lata que es tener al país más poderoso del mundo justo tras la puerta!
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| Aero99, 12.02.2011 20:19 I thought FMA didn't make many aircraft. I was wrong.
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| Guillermo, e-mail, 12.02.2011 17:26 This plane was designed originally for antiinsurgency (antisubversive) missions, not fot open air to air combat.
I think that in Malvinas they do much more than his originally function was.Perhaps they wasn't too much because the logistics was too poor.
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| lt.arbust, e-mail, 07.08.2010 18:47 IA-58C PUCARA charlie version monoplaza proa modificada 2 cañones de 20mm y uno de 30mm
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| Thanatos, e-mail, 02.08.2010 11:53 Also sold some Pucaras to Sri Lanka and Colombia. As for models, in Argentina there is a company which is called "Aconcagua Resin Models" that are manufactured in resin and are of excellent quality, very good details, completion and decals. The Pucaras are excellent aircraft that provided a great service in THE MALVINAS WAR. Sorry if the translation is bad, because it is made with google. Regards
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| Ron McDonald, e-mail, 07.07.2010 12:21 There are several kits of this aircraft in 1/72: the aforementioned Airfix kit, the Special Hobby kit, and the Rareplanes vac-form. They all suffer from lack of underwing stores so you will have to raid other kits to get ordnance.
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| Joao, 30.06.2010 14:47 1 is in Duxford. 1 saw it yesterday. It misses some pieces because UK used it to complete another that flown for test.
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| Bob, e-mail, 20.03.2010 20:21 During the falklands war the Britd captured one and took it back to England, I believe it's at duxford but don't know the condition
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| Jorge, e-mail, 21.08.2009 18:40 I saw it fly in Argentina, very quiet, nice, very good aircraft for the time. It was flown on biofuel.
Remember that in Faklands the pilots were half trined and the ground support was conscript.
A very good successor of the Skyrider. Could be develloped.
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| Alberto Pagano, e-mail, 22.07.2009 19:54 Its still in use in Argentina. Saludos
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| Ian, e-mail, 22.04.2009 12:01 These were used to reasonable affect during the Falklands conflict. Para Reg troops were strafed & bombed (napalm has been mentioned in some accounts) by them.
Had they been in an area of air superiority & hadn't lost many to the Pebble Island raid they might have produced more results, as the Skyraider did in Vietnam.
I beleive one was shot down by an SAS trooper with a stinger missile, the combat debut for that weapon.
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| Dave Katagiri, e-mail, 18.02.2009 19:30 I'm trying to design a Model of this plane, but I can't find accurate body sections for it. I found many good 3-views, but none have accurate sections. I see on the web site a paper modeler showing what appears to be a FMA factory configuration drawing with body sections---can you help?? I am in San Diego, CA-USA
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| ozzy, e-mail, 06.02.2009 14:16 airfix has a 1/72 kit for this plane,its good....but it does not have any weapons no rockets bombs nothing very plain,it has argie and uraguay decals.
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| AL CARIAGA JR, e-mail, 15.11.2008 09:42 nice hobbie plane. good aaa target!rpg.
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| elroto, e-mail, 31.10.2008 20:31 How efficient were these aircraft during the Falklands War, I know I have seen many of them wrecked or destroyed. Did they actually preform any offensive missions?
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| Shelb, e-mail, 26.02.2008 06:39 I guess airfix is coming out with a 1/72 Ia-58 as part of their falklands war giftset
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| Butch Delvaux, e-mail, 27.11.2007 16:38 What do we (modelers) have to do to get the kit companies to listen to us, to get a kit made of this aircraft ???? Thanks
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| Juan S, e-mail, 03.11.2007 02:01 H marez, very few ia 63 were ever built in argentina, dornier actually some work with embraer in the late 70s early 80.
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| H Marez, e-mail, 25.02.2007 19:19 Am interested in Spares Support for the IA 63 . from those countries where this type aircraft is in current operational use.
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| Alexyjvg, e-mail, 11.02.2007 02:19 Hello, my name is Alex, i'm a newbie here. I really do like your resource and really interested in things you discuss here, also would like to enter your community, hope it is possible:-) Cya around, best regards, Alex!
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| Mike, e-mail, 11.02.2007 00:16 I understand one of these planes shot down a British Scout Helicopter, during the Falklands war 1982. This is the perfect airplane to shoot down enemy helicopter gunships with, since Jets are too fast for low flying Helicopters.
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| Mike, e-mail, 04.02.2007 08:36 They should have made a jet version as well.
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| Silvio Esteban Canteros, e-mail, 09.01.2007 21:42 Thank you for remember.
The IA-58 Pucara is user for aircarft of Argetina, Uruguay, Inglaterra, Sri Lanka and Colombia.
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