The Talleres Nacionales de Construcciones Aeronáuticas (TNCA) (national aviation workshops) was an aircraft manufacturer established outside
Mexico City
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in 1915. TNCA closed in 1930, was briefly revived in 1941 under the name ''Talleres Generales de Aeronáutica'' (TGA) and again in 1947.
The main designers were Brigadier General and engineer
Juan Francisco Azcárate, and Italian engineer
Francisco Santarini, who manufactured a variety of domestically-designed military aircraft, propellers and engines.
Aircraft
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TNCA Series A - biplane.
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TNCA Serie B
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TNCA Series C- biplane, powered by a Hispano-Suiza engine. Also called ''Microplano Veloz'' and ''Microbio''.
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TNCA Serie D derived from the Bleriot and Morane-Saulnier aircraft.
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TNCA Serie E
The TNCA Serie E was a family of various monoplanes built in Mexico by the TNCA, Talleres Nacionales de Construcciones Aeronáuticas (National Aeronautical Construction Workshops).
Design and development
The first aircraft of the Serie E famil ...
- biplane.
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TNCA Serie F derived from the Bleriot and Morane-Saulnier aircraft.
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TNCA Serie G derived from the Bleriot and Morane-Saulnier aircraft.
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TNCA Serie H
The TNCA Serie H "Parasol" was a Mexican bomber and reconnaissance aircraft manufactured by the Talleres Nacionales de Construcciones Aeronáuticas (TNCA). It was a high-wing monoplane (which was very unusual at the time), which allowed better sp ...
- bomber, monoplane, high wing, double control.
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TNCA MTW-1
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TNCA TTS-5
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3-E-130 - monoplane nicknamed ''Tololoche''.
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TNCA 4-E-131 ''Quetzalcoatl''
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TNCA O-E-1 ''Azcárate''
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Sea Teziutlán
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Avro 504
The Avro 504 was a First World War biplane aircraft made by the Avro aircraft company and under licence by others. Production during the war totalled 8,970 and continued for almost 20 years, making it the most-produced aircraft of any kind tha ...
- built under license and called ''Avro Anáhuac''.
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Corsair O2U-4A - built under license and named ''Corsario Azcárate.''
Other vehicles
*TNCA Salinas Tank
*Caloca Hovercraft
Engines
;Aztatl
:The first aircraft engine manufactured in Mexico starting on 1917. The engine was an air-cooled radial and was built in versions of three, six (80 hp) and ten cylinders.
;SS México
:National design and manufacture.
;Trébol
:A three-cylinder, 45 hp engine.
;Anzani, Gnome and Hispano-Suiza
:Built by TNCA in Mexico under licence.
Some TNCA aircraft were powered by ''Wright'' and ''Renault'' engines.
Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional - Material Aéreo Histórico I
/ref> TNCA engineers also designed and produced the high performance Anáhuac Propeller, later copied by several countries.
References
External links
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Mexican aviation ''Aztec Anachronism''
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Aircraft manufacturers of Mexico
Defunct manufacturing companies of Mexico