Sea Teziutlán

The Sea Teziutlán was a primary training aircraft designed by the engineer Antonio Sea and built by Talleres Generales de Aeronáutica Militar.[1]

TGAM/Sea Teziutlán
Role Trainer aircraft
National origin  Mexico
Manufacturer Talleres Generales de Aeronáutica Militar
Designer Antonio Sea
First flight February 24, 1942
Status retired
Primary user Mexican Air Force
Produced 1941-1942
Number built 6

Design and development

In 1940 General Roberto Fierro Villalobos was re-appointed as commander of the Mexican Air Force and director of the Talleres Generales de Reparaciones Aeronáuticas (TGAM, General Workshops of Military Aeronautics), which were formerly called "Talleres Nacionales de Construcciones Aeronáuticas (TNCA)", taking the initiative to finance an aircraft project designed by the engineer Antonio Sea, which would be built in the workshops of Teziutlán, Puebla (hence its name).[2][3][4][5]

It was a design of two open cabins in tandem configuration, with fuselage built in metal and wings made of wood with fixed landing gear. It was powered by a 125-horsepower Lycoming O-290 4-cylinder air-cooled horizontally opposed piston engine. With the exception of the engine, the aircraft had 95% of parts manufactured in Mexico.[6][7][8]

The first flight was completed on February 24, 1942, satisfactorily fulfilling many requirements, so the Mexican government ordered the construction of 50 copies of this model. However, when Antonio Cárdenas Rodríguez was appointed as the new commander of the Air Force, the serial production of the Teziutlan was discontinued, with only 6 copies completed, which operated in various training squadrons of the Mexican Air Force.[9][10][11]

The reason why Teziutlán was discontinued was because it was apparently cheaper to buy Fairchild PT-19 aircraft than to continue with the production of Mexican aircraft.[12][13]

Specifications

Data from Innovación y Defensa MX,[14] airwar.ru[15]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 7.28 m (23 ft 11 in)
  • Wingspan: 11.66 m (38 ft 3 in)
  • Height: 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
  • Wing area: 15.23 m2 (163.9 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 447 kg (985 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 741 kg (1,634 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-290 4-cylinder air-cooled horizontally opposed piston engine, 93 kW (125 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 175 km/h (109 mph, 94 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 155 km/h (96 mph, 84 kn)
  • Minimum control speed: 39 km/h (24 mph, 21 kn)
  • Range: 1,237 km (769 mi, 668 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 7,900 m (25,900 ft)

References
  1. "27 JUNIO 1941 CREA LOS TALLERES GENERALES DE AERONAUTICA PAG.100 (post en facebook)" [Talleres Generales de Aeronáutica were created on June 27, 1941] (Facebook post) (in Spanish). Mexican military aviation history. June 27, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  2. "27 JUNIO 1941 CREA LOS TALLERES GENERALES DE AERONAUTICA PAG.100 (post en facebook)" [Talleres Generales de Aeronáutica were created on June 27, 1941] (Facebook post) (in Spanish). Mexican military aviation history. June 27, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  3. SEDENA (April 1, 2019). "Material aéreo histórico de la F.A.M." [Historycal Air Material of the Mexican Air Force] (in Spanish). Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  4. "Teziutlan" (in Russian). Уголок неба (Sky corner). 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  5. Ramírez Alvarado, Óscar Fernando. "Ángel Lascurain y Osio, los Tratados de Bucareli y las Construcciones Aeronáuticas Mexicana" [Ángel Lascurain y Osio, Bucareli treaties and Mexican Aircraft Constructions] (in Spanish). Mexican Aviation History. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  6. "Sea Teziutlán" (Facebook post) (in Spanish). Innovación y Defensa MX. July 1, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  7. "Teziutlan" (in Russian). Уголок неба (Sky corner). 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  8. Ramírez Alvarado, Óscar Fernando. "Ángel Lascurain y Osio, los Tratados de Bucareli y las Construcciones Aeronáuticas Mexicana" [Ángel Lascurain y Osio, Bucareli treaties and Mexican Aircraft Constructions] (in Spanish). Mexican Aviation History. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  9. SEDENA (April 1, 2019). "Material aéreo histórico de la F.A.M." [Historycal Air Material of the Mexican Air Force] (in Spanish). Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  10. "Teziutlan" (in Russian). Уголок неба (Sky corner). 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  11. Ramírez Alvarado, Óscar Fernando. "Ángel Lascurain y Osio, los Tratados de Bucareli y las Construcciones Aeronáuticas Mexicana" [Ángel Lascurain y Osio, Bucareli treaties and Mexican Aircraft Constructions] (in Spanish). Mexican Aviation History. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  12. "Teziutlan" (in Russian). Уголок неба (Sky corner). 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  13. "Sea Teziutlán" (Facebook post) (in Spanish). Innovación y Defensa MX. July 1, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  14. "Sea Teziutlán" (Facebook post) (in Spanish). Innovación y Defensa MX. July 1, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  15. "Teziutlan" (in Russian). Уголок неба (Sky corner). 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
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