Sea Teziutlán Explained

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

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]}

External links

• SEDENA

Notes and References

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