Argentinian National Aeronautic Museum

well the pucarra and skyhawk looked in tip top condition so it may be toutchy !!

although it was interesting to observe a sea harrier pilots observations on the pilots

he said ” whilst the millitary were in the main a young conscripted force , the jet pilots were a diffrent kettle of fish entireley , from a country that breeds world leading race drivers you would expect the pilots to be good …they were !! they were outstandingly good !! “

Always thought that comment was a little odd. They certainly seemed to be brave but outstandingly good? I thought that many of the UXBs were attributed to their pilots flying too low to give the bomb fuses time to arm.

The air combat figures don’t paint a glowing picture either – no British A2A losses. On the occasions when A2A engagements took place it seems that the Argentine pilots could not or would not make best use of their aircraft – either staying up high where they had the performance advantage or losing comprehensively in the dog fight at lower speeds & altitudes. I ‘m not sure the AIM 9L was the difference (as mentioned elsewhere – no head-on kills occurred or did they?).

Fair dos for having a go… brave certainly, good flyers even but skillful in combat or even sane?

Back to the photies though – cool indigenous species and nice old Brits!

Those photos were a nice change and I was very interested in the old red jet which is a pulqui I.a 27.It bears a little resemblance to the P.84 prototype jet provost(“to me it does anyway”) and I often wonder if they adopted some of there ideas in the think tank stage of the early days when things were still on the drawing board.

It started life with a prop and the for runner to the i.a 27 also did and the basic shape of the Mk1 J.p seems pretty similar except for the air intake’s being in different places but if they did use one or two of there ideas they would have to change things so as it didn’t look too similar. Engine units were different JP with ASV5 and Pulqui with a RR derwent with similar thrust output of around 1600.Anyway before I put you to sleep with drivel thanks for sending in some lovely photos from an exotic hot spot.:)

This is the last batch of photos from this museum. The reason why there’s no-one about is I went in February and South America in February is like France in August – everyone goes away and nothing is open. When I was in Buenos Aries I phoned the museum and I was told it was closed for the whole month. So one day I went down to the Moron air base and asked 2 sentries at the gate who told me it was closed, asked me where I was from and told me to come back tomorrow when the general or such like was there. So I went back the following day and sure enough was let in for free and had the whole place to myself. A really helpful and friendly place

Very nice.
Interesting to see some of the post-WWII jets – the Pulqui I and II prototypes developed by the French and German engineers in Argentina.
Thanks.

What is the Argentine museum’s/military’s view on the Falklands War?

well the pucarra and skyhawk looked in tip top condition so it may be toutchy !!

although it was interesting to observe a sea harrier pilots observations on the pilots

he said ” whilst the millitary were in the main a young conscripted force , the jet pilots were a diffrent kettle of fish entireley , from a country that breeds world leading race drivers you would expect the pilots to be good …they were !! they were outstandingly good !! “

What is the Argentine museum’s/military’s view on the Falklands War?

not many people around. some great british built stuff there though. great shots

Nice shots.

Here’s a few more.

Very interested. More pleas 🙂

Some of the best of British there 🙂
Would love to see more.

ben