FMA I.Ae. 25th

FMA I.Ae. 25 mañque
Type:	Glider
Design country:	Argentina
Manufacturer:	Fábrica Militar de Aviones
First flight:	August 11, 1945
Number of pieces:	1 prototype

The FMA I.Ae. 25 Mañque was a cargo ship made by the Argentine manufacturer Fábrica Argentina de Aviones .

history

After cargo gliders were successfully used in Europe by the Allies , the Argentine air force command commissioned FMA in 1944 to develop its own model.

construction

The construction was very similar to the American Waco CG-4A . The Mañque was a braced high- wing aircraft with a rectangular hull cross-section and a wooden frame covered with fabric. The I.Ae. 25 could carry thirteen fully armed soldiers in addition to the two-man crew. However, the project ended after just one test flight.

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data
crew	2
Passengers	13
length	17.40 m
span	25.5 m
height	3.84 m
Wing area	79.01 m²
Empty mass	2,460 kg
Max. Takeoff mass	3,580 kg
Minimum sliding speed	61 km / h
Maximum towing speed	220 km / h

See also

• List of aircraft types

Web links

Commons : I.Ae. 25 Mañque  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• I.Ae. 25 at airwar.ru (Russian), accessed May 23, 2016
• I.Ae. 25 at america.pink , accessed May 23, 2016

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.airwar.ru/enc/glider/iae25.html data on airwar.ru