Aircraft Photo of No Reg | Pietenpol Air Camper/Carrillo Pinocho | AirHistory.net #533220
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:No Reg
Aircraft Original Type:Pietenpol Air Camper
Aircraft Generic Type:Pietenpol Air Camper
Aircraft Version:Pietenpol Air Camper/Carrillo Pinocho
C/n (msn):None issued
Aircraft Name:Pinocho
Location
City / Airport:Mexico City - Santa LucíaMap
Country:Mexico
Airport Codes:ICAO: MMSM   IATA: NLU   Local: -   Other: -
Collection:Museo Militar de Aviación - MUMA
 
Photo Date:23 March 2022
Photo by:FabioBoeckli
Photo ID: 533220
Photo Comment

This is a home-built variant of the Pietenpol Air Camper, constructed mostly from wood by Miguel Carrillo Ayala in 1935, using technical drawings he had found in "Popular Mechanics" magazine. It was powered by an engine from a Ford A truck. In February 1936 the aircraft was transported from Carrillo's hometown of Zitácuaro to López airfield near Morelia, where it was first flown by a military pilot. Carrillo himself then flew it back from Morelia to Zitácuaro (100km), and flew it again on 14 May 1936, from Zitácuaro to the military aerodrome Balbuena, near Mexico City (140km). A replica of this aircraft was unveiled on 29 March 2018 in Zitácuaro, at the intersection of Avenida Revolución Norte and Calle Miguel Carrillo Oriente.

This photo is copyright © FabioBoeckli, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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