FMA IA 63 Pampa

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FMA IA 63 Pampa
Class	Trainer (or light ground attack aircraft)
Crew	2
Length	35 ft 10.25 in [10.93 m]
Wingspan	31 ft 9.25in (9.68 m)
Height	14 ft 1 in. [4.29 m]
Wing area	168.2 sq ft [15.63 m²]
Weight (Empty)	6219 lb [2821 kg]
Weight (Loaded)	8377.56 lb [3800 Kg]
Maximum Takeoff	11,023 lb [5000 kg]
Powerplant	1x Garrett TFE731-2-2N turbofan
Max Speed	466 mph [819 km/h]
Cruising Speed	747 km/h
Range	7200 m
Service Ceiling	42,325 ft [12,900 m]
Rate of Climb	??m/s (??ft/min)
Wing Loading	??kg/m² (??lb/ft²)
Guns	2x 30 mm cannon
Bombs	4x underwing pylons for up to 2557 lb [1160 kg]

The FMA IA 63 Pampa is an advanced trainer aircraft with combat capability, produced in Argentina by FMA with assistance from Dornier of Germany. Heavily influenced by the Dassault-Breguet/Dornier Alpha Jet design, the main difference of the Pampa lies in being a smaller aircraft with one engine instead of two, and in having straight wings instead of swept wings.

The Pampa prototype first flew on October 6, 1984. Production has been delayed and hampered by the state of the Argentinian economy, and as a result only 20 production aircraft have been built for the Argentinian Air Force.

Contents 1 Operators 2 Translate 3 AT-63 Pampa 4 Vought Pampa 2000

[edit] Operators

• Argentina
  • Argentine Air Force

[edit] Translate

• Country of Origin: Argentina
• Manufacturer: FMA
• Empty Weight: 2,627 kg
• Max. take of weight: 3,800 kg
• Powerplant: 1 x 15.6kN (3,500 lbf)

[edit] AT-63 Pampa

With the acquisition of FMA by Lockheed-Martin the Pampa went from a MLU (mid life upgrade) with new engines, avionics and weapon system. This new project is called AT-63 Pampa (for attack-trainer) and is commercialized by Lockheed-Martin itself. By now the only client is the Argentinian Air Force who wants to modernize the IA 63 fleet. It also is being offered to Colombia, Greece and Venezuela.

[edit] Vought Pampa 2000

LTV/Vought selected the IA63 as the basis for Joint Primary Aircraft Training System, which was developed an entered into the competition by Vought as the Pampa 2000. It lost to the Beechcraft/Raytheon entry which became the T-6 Texan II.