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Mexican designer Angel Lascurain designed several aircraft
One of the most brilliant chapters in the Mexican aeronautical constructions was carried out by the most important airplane builder in Mexico, Eng. Ángel Lascuráin y Osio.
Graduated from the National School of Engineers in 1909, he was hired in 1918 in the National Workshops of Aeronautical Constructions (TNCA), where he collaborated with Francisco Santarini. Two years later he was appointed Chief of the TNCA, during this period Engineer Lascuráin stood out when designing and manufacturing the Series B, E Series, Sonora, Mexico and Avro - Anahuac aircraft. Under his direction the TNCA had a great development and growth.
Later he worked in the Juan F. Azcárate factory, where the Corsarios - Azcárate aircrafts were built. Later, he independently designed and built the Sport, Celia and Aura bimorts, where he demonstrated a great vision to get ahead of his time with the development of light twin-engined tourism and a twin-engine passenger, concepts in the 50's still not They had coined.
This series of articles will cover the stage in the legacy of Engineer Ángel Lascuráin, in which the two-engine Sport, Celia and Aura become independent, a neuralgic point in the history of Mexican aeronautical constructions, that if the destination has been presented Slightly different may well have been the resurgence of an aerospace industry in the country.
Once the construction of the Azcárate aircraft for the Military Aviation School was supervised, in 1930, Angel Lascuráin moved away from the aeronautical activities for a while, dedicated other businesses, but always dreamed of a very special aircraft and continued to prepare a revolutionary design where the maximum aerodynamic efficiency was achieved, making the fuselage of the airplane part of the sustaining group instead of a parasitic load as in most aircraft. The device would be the first twin engine made in Mexico and capable of being productive as a commercial aircraft in the conditions prevailing in Latin America: short and poorly prepared runways, large elevations of the terrain and little ground support.
The Lascurain Sport
Lascurain Aura
General Salinas, on his own, built another twin-engine based entirely on the Lascuráin design, although a little larger and equipped with inverted cylinder Menasco engines. This aircraft, apparently called "Salinas IV", served with the Mexican Air Force and was tested by Radamés Gaxiola, veteran of the Pacific War with the 201 Squadron. The last time this special plane was seen was when its remains were in the Fourth Maintenance Step of the FAM, at the end of the 1940s.
That helicopter was designed in Bolivia is called Sirionó II it is a prototype and it is usual in our countries many projects do not go beyond prototype stage
If you are interested you can read this link and see lots of pictures of the chopper
http://helicopterosfumi.blogspot.com/
One of the most brilliant chapters in the Mexican aeronautical constructions was carried out by the most important airplane builder in Mexico, Eng. Ángel Lascuráin y Osio.
Graduated from the National School of Engineers in 1909, he was hired in 1918 in the National Workshops of Aeronautical Constructions (TNCA), where he collaborated with Francisco Santarini. Two years later he was appointed Chief of the TNCA, during this period Engineer Lascuráin stood out when designing and manufacturing the Series B, E Series, Sonora, Mexico and Avro - Anahuac aircraft. Under his direction the TNCA had a great development and growth.
Later he worked in the Juan F. Azcárate factory, where the Corsarios - Azcárate aircrafts were built. Later, he independently designed and built the Sport, Celia and Aura bimorts, where he demonstrated a great vision to get ahead of his time with the development of light twin-engined tourism and a twin-engine passenger, concepts in the 50's still not They had coined.
This series of articles will cover the stage in the legacy of Engineer Ángel Lascuráin, in which the two-engine Sport, Celia and Aura become independent, a neuralgic point in the history of Mexican aeronautical constructions, that if the destination has been presented Slightly different may well have been the resurgence of an aerospace industry in the country.
Once the construction of the Azcárate aircraft for the Military Aviation School was supervised, in 1930, Angel Lascuráin moved away from the aeronautical activities for a while, dedicated other businesses, but always dreamed of a very special aircraft and continued to prepare a revolutionary design where the maximum aerodynamic efficiency was achieved, making the fuselage of the airplane part of the sustaining group instead of a parasitic load as in most aircraft. The device would be the first twin engine made in Mexico and capable of being productive as a commercial aircraft in the conditions prevailing in Latin America: short and poorly prepared runways, large elevations of the terrain and little ground support.
The Lascurain Sport
Lascurain Aura
General Salinas, on his own, built another twin-engine based entirely on the Lascuráin design, although a little larger and equipped with inverted cylinder Menasco engines. This aircraft, apparently called "Salinas IV", served with the Mexican Air Force and was tested by Radamés Gaxiola, veteran of the Pacific War with the 201 Squadron. The last time this special plane was seen was when its remains were in the Fourth Maintenance Step of the FAM, at the end of the 1940s.
That helicopter was designed in Bolivia is called Sirionó II it is a prototype and it is usual in our countries many projects do not go beyond prototype stage
If you are interested you can read this link and see lots of pictures of the chopper
http://helicopterosfumi.blogspot.com/
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