The I.Ae. 22 DL was an

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advanced

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designed by the Instituto Aerotécnico (AeroTechnical Institute) in 1943. It had 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 The I.Ae. 21 DL, also known as the FMA I.A.21 or FMA 21, was an experimental training aircraft developed by Argentina during the Second World War. While only one was built due to material constraints, the FMA 21 served as an advanced training air ...

, which was itself developed from the

North American NA-16 The North American Aviation NA-16 is the first trainer aircraft built by North American Aviation, and was the beginning of a line of closely related North American trainer aircraft that would eventually number more than 17,000 examples, notably ...

, which was also in service with the Argentine military at that time. 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.von Rauch 1983, pp. 14–21 It had a wooden structure and a nine-cylinder I.Ae. 16 El Gaucho

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with a Hamilton Standard 2M-D-30 metallic

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The prototype flew on 8 August 1944. Approximately 200 aircraft were built. A version with a Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah 25 radial engine and a

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constant speed propeller was designated I.Ae. 22-C.

Operators

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Surviving aircraft

* A restored example, constructor number 728, is on display marked as Ea-701 at the

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.Dinfia I.Ae.22DL, Ea-701, Museo Nacional de Aeronautica
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Specifications (I.Ae.22 DL)

Footnotes

References

Bibliography

* * Burgos, Antonio C

''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. *

External links

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