The I.Ae. 22 DL was an Argentine advanced training aircraft designed by the Instituto Aerotecnico (AeroTechnical Institute) in 1943, with a wooden structure, which resembled the North American NA-16.
Development
The I.Ae. 22 DL was a development of the I.Ae. D.L. 21, which itself was itself developed from the North American NA-16, at that time in service with the Argentine military.
Juan Perón flew over Córdoba in the I.Ae.22 "DL" prototype, 1944.
Argentine experience with the NA-16-4P and deteriorating political relations with the US led to the local development of the I.Ae. D.L. 21, which shared the NA-16 fuselage structure. However it proved too difficult to produce and an entirely new design (the I.Ae. D.L. 22) of similar configuration, but structurally different and optimized to available materials was built instead.[1]
I.Ae.22C DL, with Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah 25 engine and 3-blade Rotol propeller
The prototype flew on 8 August 1944,[2] although some sources give 14 May 1944.[1] Approximately 200 aircraft were built. A version with a 475 horsepower (354 kW) Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah 25 radial engine and a Rotol constant speed propeller was designated I.Ae. 22- C.
^Dinfia I.Ae.22DL, Ea-701, Museo Nacional de Aeronautica accessdate=28 August 2012
^Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1947). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. p. 4c.
Bibliography
Arreguez, Ángel César (2008). Fábrica militar de aviones: crónicas y testimonios (in Spanish). Córdoba, Argentina: Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología de la Provincia de Córdoba. ISBN 978-987-24620-0-0.
Burgos, Antonio C. "Los 75 años de la Fábrica Militar de Aviones"(in Spanish). aeroespacio.com. Retrieved: 15 October 2009.
"Fabrica Militar de Aviones" (in Spanish). Aerospacio, Buenos Aires, 1977. Article on the 50th anniversary of the "Fabrica Militar de Aviones" listing all the aircraft developed and manufactured there since 1927.
von Rauch, Georg; Veres, David L. (March 1983). "Argentina's Wooden Warriors". Air Classics. Vol. 19, no. 3. Challenge Publications. pp. 14–21.
Further reading
Burzaco, Ricardo; Rivas, Santiago; Cicalesi, Juan Carlos (2007). Las alas de Perón II : la aeronáutica argentina 1945-1960 (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). Banfield, Argentina: Ediciones Eugenio B. ISBN 978-987-96764-4-8. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
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