FMA I.Ae.20 El Boyero

what is it?

The FMA 20 El Boyero ("Shepherd") was a light utility aircraft produced in Argentina in the 1940s. It was a conventional high-wing strut-braced monoplane with a fixed tailskid undercarriage, seating two side by side in an enclosed cabin.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 167 km/htop speed
• range 650 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 1passengers
• size 550 kgmax take-off weight
• built 131made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 86 years ago, in 1940.
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.5 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1940-11-02

number built

131

role

utility aircraft

makers

Fábrica Argentina de Aviones

engines

1× Continental A65

passengers

1

length

7.1 m

wingspan

11.5 m

height

1.8 m

max take-off weight

550 kg

top speed

167 km/h

cruise speed

140 km/h

range

650 km

ceiling

4,000 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.