IMPA Tu-Sa
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The IMPA Tu-Sa, (IMPA - Industrias Metalúrgicas y Plasticas Argentinas S.A.), named as Impa Tu-Sa-O in the Flight reference,[1] was a civil trainer developed in Argentina in the 1940s for aeroclub use. It was a conventional, low-wing monoplane with wide-track fixed tailwheel undercarriage. In service, the aircraft demonstrated a number of serious and fundamental design flaws that led to a series of accidents and pilots joking that Tu-Sa stood for Todo Un Sarcófago Aéreo ("Altogether an aerial coffin"). When it became apparent that the defects could not be corrected without a complete redesign of the aircraft, they were withdrawn from use.[citation needed]
| Tu-Sa | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Civil trainer |
| National origin | Argentina |
| Manufacturer | IMPA |
| Number built | ca. 25 |
| History | |
| First flight | 17 April 1943 |
