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Post by pampa14 on Nov 9, 2013 0:26:39 GMT 12
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2013 0:42:55 GMT 12
What role do these perform? Whats their typical day to day tasking?
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Post by suthg on Nov 9, 2013 7:05:45 GMT 12
You can see the paint is worn of the tips of props on the front (low pressure) face. Nice photos, interesting planes.
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Post by raymond on Nov 9, 2013 7:09:34 GMT 12
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Post by nuuumannn on Nov 9, 2013 15:04:07 GMT 12
The Pucara is a light strike, counter insurgency aircraft. A pucara is an Argentine native fortification. Pucaras took part in the Argentine invasion of the Falklands, but numbers of them were disabled by British speciial forces at the airfield at Goose Green. They never quite lived up to the expectation that the British held for them; they had the potential to really spoil British plans if used effectively enough. If they got rid of their godawful Turbomeca engines and fitted PT-6s, they'd be quite something.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 9, 2013 15:08:12 GMT 12
Great photos! These are the nicest looking Pucaras I have ever seen.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Nov 13, 2013 10:51:47 GMT 12
Nice photos, it's not a bad looking aircraft either. The only other Pucaras I have seen were sitting on their bellies or in bits in photos from the Falklands conflict (the Pebble Island SAS raid).
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 13, 2013 11:45:54 GMT 12
I have seen one at Duxford back in the 1990's, a war trophy from the Falklands.
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Post by beagle on Dec 21, 2013 20:22:57 GMT 12
I might cop a bit of flak here but they look a bit like a modern, well 1970's / 80's Mossie
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