In 1955 Paul Mantz and Frank Tallman built a flying replica of Lindbergh’s Spirit of St Louis, N7212 c/n 159, built up on a Ryan B-1 fuselage frame, for use in the 1957 film, “Spirit of Saint Louis”.
Tallmantz Spirit of Saint Louis
Monoplane
Talleres MWT-1
In June 1933 the Mexican Government decided to send one of Mexico’s best pilots, Francisco Sarabia, non-stop from Mexico to Seville, Spain, in a Mexican built aircraft.
Th task was given to Angel Lascurain, Juan Guillerme Villasana, Adrian del Pase, Juan Brelivet and Michael Watters.
The plane was built in the Talleres Nacionales de Constructcienes Aeronauticas. Built in 1934 it was powered by a Pratt & Whitney Wasp of 550 hp and had a retractable undercarriage. The aircraft incorporated the first Watter Cowling.
The registration was XA-EX5, model designation MWT-1, and named ‘Barberan y Collar’ after famous Spanish fliers. The red, white, and green striping was after the colours of the Mexican flag.
Due to a weak landing gear, the plane had a slight accident on 16 June 1934, when it ground-looped during landing and take-off tests at Mexico City Central Airport. Pilot Sarabia and passenger Watter were not injured.
For various political reasons the entire project collapsed and the plane was put in storage. The engine was sold to a high officer in the Mexican Air Force.
Engine: Pratt & Whitney Wasp, 550 hp
Wing span: 16.68 m
Chord: 2.3 m
Incidence: 3 deg
Length: 9.85 m
Height: 2.80 m
Empty weight: 1620 lb
MAUW: 5597 lb
Fuel capacity: 5000 lt / 3380 kg
Oil capacity: 284 lt / 255 kg
Crew: 2
Baggage capacity: 190 kg
Max speed: 270 kph
Cruise: 200 kph
Landing speed: 130 kph
Ceiling: 2000 m
Endurance: 70 hr
Range: 11,600 km
Talleres Tezuitlan
September 1942, a new Mexican primary trainer, the Tezuitlan designed by Antonio Sea and making extensive use of mahogany ply in its construction, commenced flight testing.
Powered by a 125 hp Lycoming engine. The Teziutlan was designed to operate from Mixico’s high-altitude airfields and utilised 95% nationally-produced materials. Construction is all-wood.
Forty five were ordered for the FAM, but, in the event, the considerable infusion of training aircraft from the USA that commenced at this time rendered the Tezuitlan surplus to requirements, only five being completed.
Engine: 125 hp Lycoming
Wingspan: 38 ft 5 in
Length: 23 ft 10.5 in
Height: 6 ft 2.75 in
Empty weight: 986 lb
Loaded weight: 1633 lb
Max speed: 108 mph
Cruise: 102,5 mph
ROC: 1380 fpm
Service ceiling: 22,960 ft
Talleres Azcarate E
In 1928, the National Aviation Shops produced two sesquiplanes to the designs of Brig Gen Juan F Azcarate, who had assumed command of Mexican Army Aviation, these, the Azearate OE 1 light bomber and recon-naissance aircraft and the Azearate E trainer, both entering limited production at Balbuena, three of the former and 10 of the latter being built in 1929.
The Azcarate E is primarily of wooden construction, the cew of two in tandem with full dual controls. A single 0.30in machine gun was mounted in the rear cockpit.
Serveral squadrons were equipped with the type until the mid-1940s, still serving with the Mecican School of Military Aviation.
Engine: Wright J-5, 220 hp
Max speed: 100 mph
Cruise: 82 mph
Talleres Sonora
The National Aviation Shops, direction of which had been taken over by Angel Lascurain y Osio, continued to produce small series of aeroplanes of indigenous design, among which was the Toloche parasol fighter monoplane powered by a Gnome rotary, the Quetzalcoatl with a BMW engine, the Mexico parasol trainer and the Sonora low wing training monoplane. The Avro 504K Mk II trainer was built in series as the Anahuac. More than 50 Anahuac trainers were manufactured by the Balbuena factory, these remaining the principal equipment of the Military Aviation School until 1930.
Talleres Mexico
The National Aviation Shops, direction of which had been taken over by Angel Lascurain y Osio, continued to produce small series of aeroplanes of indigenous design, among which was the Toloche parasol fighter monoplane powered by a Gnome rotary, the Quetzalcoatl with a BMW engine, the Mexico parasol trainer and the Sonora low wing training monoplane. The Avro 504K Mk II trainer was built in series as the Anahuac. More than 50 Anahuac trainers were manufactured by the Balbuena factory, these remaining the principal equipment of the Military Aviation School until 1930.
Talleres Toloche
The National Aviation Shops, direction of which had been taken over by Angel Lascurain y Osio, continued to produce small series of aeroplanes of indigenous design, among which was the Toloche parasol fighter monoplane powered by a Gnome rotary, the Quetzalcoatl with a BMW engine, the Mexico parasol trainer and the Sonora low wing training monoplane. The Avro 504K Mk II trainer was built in series as the Anahuac. More than 50 Anahuac trainers were manufactured by the Balbuena factory, these remaining the principal equipment of the Military Aviation School until 1930.
Talleres Serie-H
The Serie A aircraft were followed from the National Aviation Shops by the improved Serie B, the single seat Serie C Microplano with an Hispano Suiza engine and the two seat Serie H parasol, but as a result of the revolution that ensued with the fall of the Carranza regime, the Mexican Army’s air component found itself reduced to a dozen airworthy aircraft in September 1920.
Takács No.4
The fourth design of Hungarian Sándor Takács, built in 1911, was a single engined tractor monoplane, powered by a 60 hp 5-cylinder radial engine.
Tairov OKO-1
Designed by V.K. Tairov, the OKO-1 had a 750 hp M-25 giving a max speed of 230 mph with an AUW of 7293 lb. Span: 50 ft 6 in
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