PISTON-ENGINED FIGHTERS OF THE ARGENTINE AIR FORCE

In Argentina, the successful construction of small series of pioneer aircraft types such as the Henry Farman, the Bleriot X-I at the workshops of El Palomar airdrome  encouraged the establishment of the Fábrica Militar de Aviones, the FMA in 1927.  At first, the FMA produced foreign designs, such as the Avro 504 K and the Dewoitine D.21C-1 all-metal parasol fighter under license, the began producing original designs. Fábrica’S Militar de Aviones - 1927-1955, aircraft production in a semi-industrialized country details the growth and decline, the successes and the failures caused by a divorce between aspirations and actual capabilities.