Comments on: Mexico’s Aviation Enthusiasm http://www.historynet.com/mexicos-aviation-enthusiasm.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:03:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Oscar Ramirez Alvarado http://www.historynet.com/mexicos-aviation-enthusiasm.htm/comment-page-1#comment-110758 Oscar Ramirez Alvarado Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:42:38 +0000 #comment-110758 Excelent article Ron. In regard to Dalia Lara cuestion, I would like to add that the plane that Carrillo built, was a Pietempol Air Camper. And the planes were taken from Popular Mecanic Journal I think 1927. That plane was not the first ever so built in México, (a particular or private one) in fact Alberto Nájera Mercado made one for himself in 1918. The previous planes were "pioneers" and later made by military authorities. The real success that Mario Carrillo obtained was in fact the success against odds, advertaising of the time made him a legend. In addition to this you can see the plane in "Cuartel Colorado" Museum in Guadalajara. México. There is an article about in mexicanaviationhistory.com Dear Ron, can you please tell me your bibliographie. I would like to search about books. Best regards. Excelent article Ron.

In regard to Dalia Lara cuestion, I would like to add that the plane that Carrillo built, was a Pietempol Air Camper. And the planes were taken from Popular Mecanic Journal I think 1927.

That plane was not the first ever so built in México, (a particular or private one) in fact Alberto Nájera Mercado made one for himself in 1918. The previous planes were “pioneers” and later made by military authorities.

The real success that Mario Carrillo obtained was in fact the success against odds, advertaising of the time made him a legend.

In addition to this you can see the plane in “Cuartel Colorado” Museum in Guadalajara. México.

There is an article about in mexicanaviationhistory.com

Dear Ron, can you please tell me your bibliographie. I would like to search about books.

Best regards.

]]> By: Ron Gilliam http://www.historynet.com/mexicos-aviation-enthusiasm.htm/comment-page-1#comment-101278 Ron Gilliam Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:17:53 +0000 #comment-101278 Delia Lara, You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed reading it; I enjoyed writing it. A bit late, but I just happened to come across (in pages 200-204 of Fernando Jordan's Mar Roxo de Cortes: Biografia de un golfo; Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, SEP, 1995; ISBN 968-7326-25-5) the Mexican aviation pioneer you asked about. On 14 May 1936, Miguel Carrillo Aguilar flew a home-built airplane (named "Pinocho") from Zitacuaro to Morelia, and from Morelia to Mexico City. The astonishing thing was that, according to Jordan, he had built the entire plane himself, "from the propellor to the tail, including the engine," the first time anything like this had ever been done in Mexico. It took three years, but he designed the plane, supervised the cutting of the wooden parts, assembled the airframe, covered it with fabric, and doped it himself. Zitacuaro had no airfield, so he had to build one to test-fly his plane; he had flown some before, but these were his first solo flights. Actually, he adapted and extensively modified a Ford automobile engine, which took two years of the three on the project. (The three planes of the Baja California series built in Tijuana, you may recall, used American aircraft engines.) " The historic flight took two hours, with a refueling stop at Morela and a brief stop-over of 30 minutes (at Villa del Carbon) while the wind died down." Carrillo afterwards entered the Fuerza Aerea de Mexico, largely on the strength of this amazing achievement and the precocity and solid interest in everything aeronautical it represented. He rose to the rank of Capitan, before becoming restless and disenchanted with the bureaucracy, and left the service around 1942 to move to Cabo San Lucas, BCS, having fallen in love with the desert on an earlier trip. In Baja California Sur, where he was always known by the nickname "Pinocho," he was regarded as something of an eccentric, but had no difficulty turning his mechanical genius to repairing or rebuilding automobile, truck, boat and aircraft engines, buying and rebuilding scrapped airplanes, etc. He reportedly turned down offers of employment from Douglas Aircraft Company in Los Angeles, California, so far had his fame spread by 1950. I hope this information helps you; you can probably find out more now that you have the name of the individual. Best regards, Ron Gilliam Delia Lara,
You’re welcome! I’m glad you enjoyed reading it; I enjoyed writing it.
A bit late, but I just happened to come across (in pages 200-204 of Fernando Jordan’s Mar Roxo de Cortes: Biografia de un golfo; Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, SEP, 1995; ISBN 968-7326-25-5) the Mexican aviation pioneer you asked about.
On 14 May 1936, Miguel Carrillo Aguilar flew a home-built airplane (named “Pinocho”) from Zitacuaro to Morelia, and from Morelia to Mexico City. The astonishing thing was that, according to Jordan, he had built the entire plane himself, “from the propellor to the tail, including the engine,” the first time anything like this had ever been done in Mexico. It took three years, but he designed the plane, supervised the cutting of the wooden parts, assembled the airframe, covered it with fabric, and doped it himself. Zitacuaro had no airfield, so he had to build one to test-fly his plane; he had flown some before, but these were his first solo flights. Actually, he adapted and extensively modified a Ford automobile engine, which took two years of the three on the project. (The three planes of the Baja California series built in Tijuana, you may recall, used American aircraft engines.) ” The historic flight took two hours, with a refueling stop at Morela and a brief stop-over of 30 minutes (at Villa del Carbon) while the wind died down.”
Carrillo afterwards entered the Fuerza Aerea de Mexico, largely on the strength of this amazing achievement and the precocity and solid interest in everything aeronautical it represented. He rose to the rank of Capitan, before becoming restless and disenchanted with the bureaucracy, and left the service around 1942 to move to Cabo San Lucas, BCS, having fallen in love with the desert on an earlier trip. In Baja California Sur, where he was always known by the nickname “Pinocho,” he was regarded as something of an eccentric, but had no difficulty turning his mechanical genius to repairing or rebuilding automobile, truck, boat and aircraft engines, buying and rebuilding scrapped airplanes, etc. He reportedly turned down offers of employment from Douglas Aircraft Company in Los Angeles, California, so far had his fame spread by 1950.
I hope this information helps you; you can probably find out more now that you have the name of the individual.
Best regards,
Ron Gilliam

]]> By: Delia Lara http://www.historynet.com/mexicos-aviation-enthusiasm.htm/comment-page-1#comment-940 Delia Lara Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:10:21 +0000 #comment-940 Than you for this wonderful story! I would also like to know more about another aviator who was also a pioneer in Mexico's aviation, who built an airplane on his own and flew from Morelia to mexico City in 1937. Than you for this wonderful story! I would also like to know more about another aviator who was also a pioneer in Mexico’s aviation, who built an airplane on his own and flew from Morelia to mexico City in 1937.

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