Aerospace Industry in Latin America

Jeff Head said:

The A-29 Super Tucano is a fine aircraft.

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The Tucano has been the most successful military aircraft ever to have been made by a Latin american nation.

here i will give you a few examples of military projects we have had in Latin american but some have been partially successful others pure prototypes.

TNCA serie A Mexican fighter aircraft early 20th century, very few built


TNCA Mexican military aircraft Parasol 5-E-132, early 20 century



TNCA serie H Mexican military aircraft early 20th century


IA-58 military aircraft one of the most successful aircraft built in Argentina late 20th century

IAE-24 Calquin, and aircraft designed and built in Argentina, mid 20th century

a raw of IAe-24 Calquin a very Beautiful aircraft from Argentina



Another aircraft from Argentina the IA-35





Argentina`s IA-50 Guarani II



IAe-30 Nancu another interesting aircraft from Argentina, mid 20th century

Angel De Lascurain y Osio was a Mexican aircraft designer that designed the Aurora, this has been the largest aircraft designed and built in Mexico so far

Salinas IV, this aircraft was also built and designed in Mexico in the mid 20th century

XB-1 Lascurain another aircraft designed and built in Mexico by Lascurain

TT-5 another light transport aircraft designed and built in Mexico by Sipertein and Maldonado for the FAM


TNCA E-130 also designed and built in Mexico in 1927

IAe-27 Pulqui

A jet fighter from Argentina from 1947







Here is the Brazilian made and designed Embraer ERJ-145 AWACs of the Mexican Air force

Another aircraft by Lascurain, the Quetzatcoatl, this is a mid 1920s Bomber built and designed in Mexico

5E-132 "México" a trainer aircraft of 1926

The Barcenas B-01 was an agricultural airplane build and designed in mexico by the Mexican engineer David Bárcenas Beutelspacher in the 1970s but by the 1980s its production ceased, 11 aircraft were built.

the Tonatiuh which served the mexican navy from 1982 as a two seats primary trainer and scout aircraft and was build in mexico by the IPN and Mexican navy based upon de Mexican made Barcenas B-01 agricultural airplane, it first flew on 1 June 1980 at 9:00AM at Las Bajas naval Base in Veracruz, Mexico.
Only 8 aircraft were built it, but only 6 served in the mexican Navy, it had a max speed of 195 km/h

Early jet engine designed in Brazil, the TR3500





Another Brazilian jet engine, the TAPP

The TAPP jet engine is planned to power UAVs and is build by Polaris TGM



It is called TR-5000

KC-390 A brazilian cargo jet aircraft

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from Venezuela a light aircraft designed and built in Venezuela

An old aircraft designed in Argentina, in 1943, the IA-21

Laviasa Puelche another aircraft currently build in Argentina


FadeA Ia-63 Pampa III built and designed in Argentina

Bombardier plant at Querataro, Mexico.

The fDi research agency placed Queretaro as the fifth global metropolis to attract aerospace investment, competing with Singapore and Dubai, among others. Thus, the unit of analysis enlisted the top 20 global investments of recent years, also revealing that Chihuahua occupies position 11. fDi remarks Mexico's general position in the international panorama, by mentioning that a record of 60 FDI aerospace projects were carried out between January 2009 and March 2015, ranking third worldwide. These projects represent a total investment of US $ 3 billion and the creation of 7,400 jobs, according to the fDi agency.

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