The DINFIA IA 53 Mamboretá (Guaraní for "Praying Mantis") was an agricultural aircraft developed in Argentina by DINFIA in the 1960s. Description The IA 53 was a single-engine low-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional undercarriage configuration with fixed tailwheel. Accommodation for the pilot and a single passenger was provided under a broad bubble canopy. Two prototypes were constructed, with the type making its first flight on 10 November 1966. No production followed, with FMA instead building the Cessna 188 under license. Aircraft on display One aircraft is preserved at the Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina in Morón, Buenos Aires. Specifications References Notes Bibliography 1960s Argentine agricultural aircraft FMA aircraft Low-wing aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1965