FMA IA-63 Pampa

what is it?

The IA-63 Pampa is an advanced jet trainer with combat capability, produced in Argentina by Fabrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA) with assistance from Dornier of Germany.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · 9.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 819 km/htop speed
• range 1,500 kmwithout refuelling
• size 5,000 kgmax take-off weight
• built 33made 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 42 years ago, in 1984.
• 🏎️Top speed is 6.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.7 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,500 km: 8× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.5× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1984-10-06

introduced

1988

status

still flying

number built

33

role

trainer aircraft

origin

🇦🇷 Argentina

makers

Fábrica Argentina de Aviones

engines

1× Honeywell TFE731-2-2N

crew

2

length

10.9 m

wingspan

9.7 m

height

4.3 m

max take-off weight

5,000 kg

top speed

819 km/h

cruise speed

747 km/h

range

1,500 km

ceiling

12,900 m

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