AP 118 · No. 10 Section II · Aircraft 1969

Aircraft hub · 1969 · Cold War

FMA IA 58 Pucará

Argentine counter-insurgency twin; the gazetteer’s examples came home from the Falklands as freight. The gazetteer currently lists it at 5 UK museums.

1969
First flight
~110
Built
310 mph
Top speed
5
Museums

Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.

On charge

Where to see the FMA IA 58 Pucará in the UK

The gazetteer records 6 FMA IA 58 Pucará airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 5 UK collections, in 3 regions: East of England, South East England, Northern England.

MuseumCityRegionAirframes recorded
Army Flying MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Stockbridge South East England FMA IA-58 Pucará wing section ZD486 Cockpit or section
IWM DuxfordChecked 2026-10-08 Cambridge East of England FMA IA 58 Pucará ZD487 [A-549]
Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Bungay East of England FMA IA 58 Pucará A-528
North East Land, Sea and Air MuseumsChecked 2026-10-08 Sunderland Northern England FMA IA-58A Pucara A-522
South Yorkshire Aircraft MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Doncaster Northern England FMA IA-58A Pucara cockpit section A-533 Cockpit or section
FMA IA-58A Pucara A-515

3D model

The IA 58A Pucará in 3D

A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as A-549 of the Fuerza Aérea Argentina's Grupo 3 de Ataque, an FMA IA 58A Pucará captured on the Falkland Islands in June 1982: the Argentine twin-turboprop counter-insurgency aircraft with two Turbomeca Astazou XVIG engines in long underwing nacelles, a slim tandem two-seat fuselage under a single long canopy, a low straight wing with dihedral on the outer panels and a T-tail; painted as it is displayed at IWM Duxford: faded sand and pale grey-green Falklands camouflage over light grey undersides, a bare-metal rudder and elevators, ‘FUERZA AEREA ARGENTINA’ low on the nose, celeste and white roundels with the black serial on the rear fuselage and the Argentine flag on the fin, with the upper nose access panel removed as it has been for many years; the camouflage blotches follow the photographed colours and proportions rather than a trace of the exact pattern, and no wing roundels are painted, which no photograph shows. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (1002 KB) · Plate 200 in The Hangar

Computed from the survey

Collection context

Types you’ll see alongside

de Havilland Canada Chipmunk, Taylorcraft Auster, Avro Anson, Bristol Sycamore, de Havilland Vampire.

Where the type is thickest

East of England has 2 collections recording the type.

Type notes

The FMA IA 58 Pucará in brief

TypeFMA IA 58 Pucará
UK museums holding one5
Airframes recorded in this survey6

Serials are the gazetteer's survey snapshot of what each collection records on charge — restorations move between workshops and reserve hangars, so check the museum page for opening times and current display status before travelling. Every type across 119 museums is indexed in the Compendium.

Aircraft questions

Frequently asked

How many FMA IA 58 Pucará airframes are left in the UK?

The Aviation Gazetteer records 6 FMA IA 58 Pucará airframes in UK collections.

Which museum has the most FMA IA 58 Pucará airframes?

South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum has the most in this survey, with 2 recorded airframes.