broadsword
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The IA-58 Pucara looks rather unusual, I must say. It is a tandem seat warplane like a fighter jet, but powered by turboprops rather than jet engines.
Aerospace Industry in Latin America
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it does, but to me it looks closer to the A-10
Here we see the Condor biplane designed and built in Bolivia in 1917 by Andres Tomsich
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A few oldies from Argentina and Mexico
FMA20 Boyero, designed and build in Argentina in 1939
The BC-1 was built by Compañía Aeronáutica de Baja California, a company stablished by Abelardo L. Rodríguez in 1927 in Tijuana, and that built the BC-1 (Baja California 1) in 1928, it was sold to the mexican air force and used in action in 1929 against of the Escobar`s rebellion.
FMA20 Boyero, designed and build in Argentina in 1939
The BC-1 was built by Compañía Aeronáutica de Baja California, a company stablished by Abelardo L. Rodríguez in 1927 in Tijuana, and that built the BC-1 (Baja California 1) in 1928, it was sold to the mexican air force and used in action in 1929 against of the Escobar`s rebellion.
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How Mexico Is Becoming The Drone Capital Of Latin America
Mexico is getting high on drones.
A lack of strict aerospace regulations combined with a growing manufacturing and aerospace industry could turn the country into the drone capital of Latin America. Mexico recently opened the first drone pilot academy in region, and now hopes to become a global competitor in the high-flying industry.
“We saw a wave of consumers buying drones, but they didn’t know how to operate them,” Jose Luis Gonzalez, director of Mexico’s Drone Academy and CEO of Unmanned Systems, told Fusion. So he opened a in Mexico City and began offering a 9-hour course. They’ve already graduated 50 drone pilots in less than a year.
It’s part of why Mexico is fast becoming an ideal testing ground for the development of drones, Gonzalez says.
“Mexico has low production costs and there’s skilled labor that can turn the nation into a key player in the drone industry,” he said. “There’s a big entrepreneurial spirit here.”
Gonzalez isn’t the only one developing the Mexican market. A local company known as Unmanned Systems Technology International has released a drone known as MX-1, which is being marketed as “a proudly Mexican aircraft backed by thousands of hours of conceptualization, design, prototyping and flight tests,” according to its website. The MX-1 drone can allegedly fly for up to seven consecutive hours and reach a cruising speed of 68 mph. Other companies such as are also fabricating drones in Mexico.
Mexico is also finding new uses for drones, from to improving agricultural practices and preventing forest fires. Earlier this month a group of researchers they will be using drone photography to enhance land cultivation and fertilization techniques.
The Mexican government is using drones to monitor crime-ridden areas, develop naval operations, and monitor some of the country’s state-owned oil pipelines.
There’s also been innovation by the criminal world. Some narcos are now apparently using drones to across the U.S.-Mexico border.
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