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Tucan (Sociedad Anonima Sfreddo & Paolini) was formed in 1916 by Senores Jorge Sfreddo and Luis Paolini. Ing. Alfredo Turbay is the current chief engineer. The works are located in Corboba.

Tucan was the sole producer of the FMA I-100C Barron fighter during the recent South American War.

The Tucan aircraft company has closed on 6 May 1947 as the company went into bankruptcy. With declining orders over the past few years the company’s funds have declined and the attempt to enter the light aircraft market with the T-1 did not have the hoped for success. The company’s subsidiary airline, Compania Argentina de Aeronavegacion Tucan, became an independent company with a management buyout.

Tucan T-17

Developed as an armoured ground-attach strafing aircraft of easy and simple construction and with good rough field performance and of easy maintainence. Around 160 of the original T-17 were built.
Dimensions: span 12.2m; length 8.60; height 2.92m; wing area 23.8 sq m (40.02/28.21/9.51/256.18ft)
Structure: steel-tube fuselage truss with light alloy covering, light alloy and wood used for tail construction with fabric tailplane covering. Metal wing with steel spars, all-metal split flaps and wooden ailerons with fabric covering. Rudder and elevators wood framed with fabric covering. Fixed main undercarriage with a non-retractable castoring tail wheel
Weights: empty 3154lbs, maximum take-off 5000lbs
Powerplant: one 650hp RR-9-1 single-row radial engine
Performance: max speed 207 mph; service ceiling 25,500ft; range 624 miles
Capacity: pilot in enclosed cockpit forward, navigator/gunner behind in fuselage in enclosed cockpit facing aft
Armament: one manual dorsal turret with one 7.62mm Browning MG, bombload 150kg (330lbs) on one ventral and two wing racks
Equipment: full controls and navigation equipment including receiver/transmitter, camera can be fitted in cabin floor


Tucan T-17B
Total orders of this upgraded STOL armoured ground attack bomber were 72 to equip one Regiment from 1938. Construction numbers are C/N02001-C/N02144. The armoured ‘bathtub’ is upgraded to 8mm thickness and new wing Browning machine guns, bigger bomb-racks and an upgraded engine are fitted.
Dimensions: span 12.2m; length 8.60; height 2.92m; wing area 23.8 sq m (40.02/28.21/9.51/256.18ft)
Structure: steel-tube fuselage truss with light alloy covering, light alloy and wood used for tail construction with fabric tailplane covering. Metal wing with steel spars, all-metal split flaps and wooden ailerons with fabric covering. Rudder and elevators wood framed with fabric covering. Fixed main undercarriage with a non-retractable castoring tail wheel
Weights: empty 3350lbs, maximum take-off 5000lbs
Powerplant: one 675hp RR-9-1-B single-row radial engine
Performance: max speed 212 mph at 15,000 feet; service ceiling 24,000ft; range 547 miles full load
Capacity: pilot in enclosed cockpit forward, navigator/gunner behind in fuselage in enclosed cockpit facing aft, crew protected by an 8mm thick armoured ‘bathtub’
Armament: two wing-mounted 13mm Browning MG, one manual dorsal turret with one 7.62mm Browning MG, bombload 300kg (600lbs) on one ventral and two wing racks
Equipment: full controls and navigation equipment including receiver/transmitter, camera can be fitted in cabin floor

Developed as a carrier-based dive-bomber the NB-1 can also be used as a fighter in emergency situations or as a recconaisance type. Production has now ended.
Dimensions: span 14.05m; length 10.85; height 3.81m; wing area 28.98 sq m (46/ 35.7/ 12.6/ 312 sq ft)
Structure: all-metal monocoque fuselage in three sections with Z section fames and L section stringers with riveted stressed light alloy covering, light alloy used for cantilever tail construction and tailplane covering. Cantilever metal wing with two steel spars, all-metal split flaps and aluminium framed ailerons with fabric covering. Underwing hydraulic-operated aluminium dive-brakes. Rudder and elevators aluminium framed with fabric covering. Retractable main undercarriage with single oleo-pneumatic legs with pneumatic brakes, an un-retractable castoring tail wheel and catapult spools and retractable arrestor hook attached to the lower fuselage aft.
Weights: empty 5,712lbs, maximum take-off 8,000lbs
Powerplant: one 1000hp Spartan 1000 twin-row radial engine
Performance: max speed 270 mph; service ceiling 30,500ft; range 921 miles (800nm)
Capacity: pilot in enclosed cockpit forward, navigator/gunner behind in fuselage in enclosed cockpit facing aft, pilot protected by a 6mm thick armoured plate
Armament: four wing-mounted 7.62mm Browning MG, one manual dorsal mounting with 7.92mm FMG/M32 MG (drum feed), bombload 227kg (500lbs) on one ventral (500lbs) and two wing racks (250lbs each)
Equipment: full controls and navigation equipment including receiver/transmitter, Sperry autopilot, one rescue dinghy in wingroot and ventral camera fitted in cabin floor


Tucan T-18B NB-2
Designed as a one-off prototype, this was the prototype T-18 fitted with a Spartan inline engine and new nose section ahead of the cockpit. The fuselage was strengthened, a section inserted aft to maintain the cg, new undercarriage fitted, altered fuel system and some aerodynamic refinements added. It first flew on July 6 1938 and then went for trials with the Aviacion Naval. Since then it has been brought by both Chile and Brazil as a land-based attack aircraft and the FAA has ordered a batch of 40 as the NB-2 to replace the older NB-1 between 1940-41.

Dimensions: span 14.05m; length 11.7; height 3.81m; wing area 28.98 sq m (46/ 38.4/ 12.6/ 312 sq ft); wing loading 29 lbs/ft; power loading 0.16lb/hp
Structure: all-metal monocoque fuselage in three sections with Z section fames and L section stringers with riveted stressed light alloy covering, light alloy used for cantilever tail construction and tailplane covering. Cantilever metal wing with two steel spars of I section, all-metal split flaps and aluminium framed ailerons with aluminium covering. Rudder and elevators aluminium framed with aluminium covering. Underwing hydraulic-operated aluminium dive-brakes. Retractable main undercarriage with single oleo-pneumatic legs with pneumatic brakes and a retractable castoring tail wheel and catapult spools and retractable arrestor hook attached to the lower fuselage aft.
Weights: empty 6,969lbs, maximum take-off 9,000lbs
Powerplant: one 1300hp FMA Spartan 12V-1300S-SA V-12 inline engine with supercharger
Performance: max speed 324 mph; service ceiling 34,500ft; range 748 miles full load
Capacity: pilot in enclosed cockpit forward, navigator/gunner behind in fuselage in enclosed cockpit facing aft, pilot protected by a 6mm thick armoured plate
Armament: four wing-mounted 7.62mm Browning MG, one manual dorsal mounting with twin 7.92mm FMG/M32 MG (drum feed), bombload 227kg (500lbs) on one ventral (500lbs) and two wing racks (250lbs each)
Equipment: full controls and navigation equipment including receiver/transmitter, HF/DF, Sperry autopilot, one rescue dinghy in wingroot and ventral camera fitted in cabin floor

Tucan T-1
A single-engined single-seat light touring monoplane designed by Alfredo Turbay.
Dimensions: span 7.22m; length 5.55; height 1.9m; wing area 7.2 sq m (23.8/ 18.2/ 6.2/ 77.5 sq ft)
Structure: semi-monocoque fuselage structure of spruce and plywood. The wing is a high-position braced monoplane in two sections joined on the centreline and carried above the fuselage on a steel tube cabane. Vee bracing struts. The wing has two spars with piano wire bracing and the leading edge is plywood covered, the remainder fabric covered. Slotted flaps are mounted inboard of the ailerons and there are Handley-Page slots in the leading edge. The fin and tailplanes are integral with the fuselage with similar construction to the wings. The undercarriage is tailwheel configuration and is of the fixed cantilever type with Goodyear low pressure tyres with brakes. The cockpit is fully enclosed with a sliding canopy. A fuel tank is mounted in the fuselage.
Weights: empty 285kg (627lbs), maximum loaded weight 450kg (990lbs)
Powerplant: one 65hp Continental A65 four-cylinder horizontally opposed piston engine driving a two-blade Tucan wood propeller
Performance: max speed 127 mph; service ceiling 13,780ft; range 680 miles (1100km); endurance 6 hours