IMPA Aircraft & Projects

[hesham]

Hi,

the IMPA (Industrias Metalúrgicas y Plásticas Argentina S.A.) was an Argentinian company,formed in 1928 by José Mario Sueiro and Roberto Lineau,a number of training gliders were built such as a P-38,followed by TU-SA-O light two-seat cabin monoplane.

Development continued by RR-11 side-by side two seat trainer,Chorlito a single-seat trainer of 1943,RR-12D and RR-13D prototypes,and maybe the later was a Project,as I know there was also anther monoplane Project,but no details are known.

 

[toura]

hi Heshamm
from aviacion argentina
que avion es este

 

[hesham]

Many thanks my dear Toura,

and I hope we get anything about RR-12D and RR-13D ?.

 

[toura]

In this site I've also the "chorlo"

 

[Maveric]

No more informations about this bird, new foe me...

 

[toura]

hi Maveric

Sorry ! nothing !!

 

[Maveric]

thx :-[

 

[Badner]

My files and photos on these types were lost in transit when I moved from New Jersey to North Carolina. The RR 13 "Corlito" employed a 130 h.p. De Havilland Gipsy engine. According to my sources it was a nasty little beast to fly..

 

[Badner]

Some details in my article: Od the 25 Tu.SA completed 10 were powered by a Continental A 65, 10 by a Lycoming O-143 65 hp engine and the remaining 5 by80 hp Continental A80 engines. After several accidents, the Dirección General de Aeronauttica Civil prohibited further flights U.S. embassy report indicates that these aircraft were dangerous to fly and that many pilots refused to. fly them dueto their defective construction. An aircraft of these type first flown on 19 November 1944 was fitted with a 100 hp Kinner K5 engine. But proved disappointing.

 

[Marcelo123]

hi Heshamm
from aviacion argentina
que avion es este

 

[Erdosain]

The "IMPA TU SA"
History of the Flight Equipment of Argentine Civil Aviation
Aerodeportes Magazine

 

[Erdosain]

I didn't think there was a dedicated thread for IMPA on this forum, so I posted a note about that company in this section, in post 247:

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/south-american-aerospace-industry.45158/page-7#post-906199

If the moderators deem it appropriate, perhaps it should be moved to this thread or posted in both.

IMPA AVIATION
Argentina's First Private Aircraft Factory
Aeroespacio No. 588
September - October 2009

 

[Erdosain]

QUILMES MATERIAL AREA – IMPA (ARGENTINE METALLURGICAL AND PLASTIC INDUSTRY) 1915 - 2015

In 1944, the Argentine Metallurgical and Plastic Aviation Industry (IMPA) began operations at this site. It was the first Argentine company dedicated to the mass production of civilian aircraft. The company developed and built 25 IMPA Tu-Sa passenger aircraft, as well as the Chorlo prototype (a military trainer) and the Impita prototype, a light aircraft for civilian use.

Subsequently, IMPA maintained aircraft and gliders until its closure. In 1948, all the facilities and some of the personnel of the legendary IMPA company were permanently incorporated into the Aeronautical Workshops. In the 1950s, the facility began to take its current form, with its extensive facilities and internal roads. The then-named "Quilmes Regional Workshop" was established as one of the maintenance units of the newly formed Argentine Air Force, servicing a large number of aircraft, accessories, engines, and parts in its numerous and well-stocked workshops.

Among the vintage aircraft that passed through Quilmes were: the Junkers K-43 and Ju-52/3m, the latter adapted for combating locust plagues; the Focke-Wulf 44; the Bristol; the Douglas DC-3 and C-47; the Boyero; the Dewoitine; and others

https://elquilmero.blogspot.com/2014/10/el-area-material-quilmes-impa.html

 

[Erdosain]

Special edition of the newspaper El Sol, November 1946, featuring an article on the

INAUGURATION OF THE IMPA AVIATION FACTORY

https://elquilmero.blogspot.com/2015/02/centenario-de-la-aviacion-en-quilmes.html

 

[Erdosain]

AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURED AT IMPA

https://elquilmero.blogspot.com/2015/04/los-aviones-que-se-fabricaron-en-la.html

 

[Erdosain]

Aviation in Quilmes

https://elquilmero.blogspot.com/2015/04/aviacion-en-quilmes-colaboracion.html

 

[Erdosain]

Photos of IMPA Aviación