Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Aug 3, 2010 3:49:08 GMT
With authorization from David MALTBY (thanks David 
) my HJG colleague Eduardo ROCHA has been busy working up the following flightline of MEXICANA period liveries for both the COMET 4 and COMET 4C. Each of these textures is for the latest/current version DMFS COMET 4 and COMET 4C model.
Here's a pictorial review of what Eduardo has produced .... along with a little historical information about MEXICANA DE AVIATION and its COMET services in particular ....
MEXICANA DE AVIACION is the worlds 5th oldest airline .... superseded only by KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES, AVIANCA COLOMBIA, QANTAS AIRWAYS, and SABENA BELGIUM WORLD AIRLINES.
MEXICANA was founded on July 12th 1921 as COMPANIA MEXICANA DE TRANSPORTACION AEREA (CMTA) .... later renamed COMPANIA MEXICANA DE AVIATION (CMA) during 1924 .... and was eventually bought by PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS during 1929.
Early MEXICANA services (servicing primarily Mexico's Tampico oil fields over the countries unpaved, rugged, and bandit infested countryside) were operated by LINCOLN STANDARD biplanes, then FAIRCHILD FC-1A, FAIRCHILD FC-2, and FAIRCHILD 71 monoplanes. Following investment in the airline by PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS .... and until the late 1950's .... FORD TRIMOTOR, LOCHEED L1 ELECTRA, BOEING 247D, DC2, DC3, DC4, DC6B, and DC7C aircraft were all progressively introduced .... some of which were operated by the airline for less than 1 year.
By the late 1950's most of the worlds major airlines were either upgrading or were forced to upgrade to jet equipment in order to remain competitive. So it was for MEXICANA too .... who on October 30th 1959 contracted for 3 DH106 COMET 4C jetliners (XA-NAR, XA-NAS, and XA-NAT) for delivery during 1960.
The airlines first "Golden Aztec" jetliner service was operated by COMET 4C XA-NAS, on July 4th 1960, between Mexico City and Los Angeles, under the command of Captain Roberto PINI. With a fleet of 3 COMET 4C aircraft in service by late 1960 the airline was able to introduce jetliner services on all of its premier routes by 1961 .... from Mexico City to Chicago, Los Angeles, San Antonio, and San Francisco.
MEXICANA DE AVIATION DH-106 COMET 4C XA-NAR
MEXICANA DE AVIATION/GUEST DH106 COMET 4C XA-NAS
MEXICANA DE AVIATION ("Golden Aztec") DH-106 COMET 4C XA-NAR
MEXICANA DE AVIATION DH-106 COMET 4C XA-NAR
COMET 4C became the final production version of the definitive COMET 4 series of aircraft which first flew on October 31st 1959. This version was the result of logical mating of the longer COMET 4B fuselage with the standard COMET 4 wing design and first flew on October 31st 1959. COMET 4C aircraft had a fuselage length of 118 ft, wingspan of 115.ft (also featuring leading edge pinion fuel tanks). This model was powered by 4 RR Avon 525B turbojet engines rated at 10,500 lbs thrust each, and was certified for a MTOW of 162,000 lbs, and had a range of some 2,820 miles, and capacity for up to 106 PAX. Though never operated by BOAC the COMET 4C became the most successful of all COMET versions and accounted for production of 30 of the total 113 COMET airframes produced by De Havilland. This version eventually saw service with a large number of foreign operators around the world.
Options for a further 2 COMET 4C ircraft was never taken up by the airline due to intense domestic and foreign competition, but, from October 1964 2 COMET 4 aircraft were leased from BOAC (XA-NAB ex G-APDT and XA-NAP ex G-APDR) which was then in the process of withdrawing these aircraft from service. These 2 additional aircraft supplemented the airlines existing 3 COMET 4C's and enabled it to expand its jetliner service to both Dallas/Fort Worth, and Miami.
MEXICANA DE AVIATION DH-106 COMET 4 XA-NAP
MEXICANA DE AVIATION DH-106 COMET 4 XA-NAB
COMET 4 first flew on April 27th 1958 and entered BOAC service on October 4th 1958. Although it appeared externally identical to the developmental COMET 3 .... save for its 2 wing leading edge pinion fuel tanks .... this model was extensively re-engineered in light of the 1954 COMET 1 disasters. COMET 4 aircraft had a fuselage length of 111.5 ft, wingspan of 115.ft. This model was powered by 4 RR Avon 524 turbojet engines rated at 10,500 lbs thrust each, and was certified for a MTOW of 152,000 lbs, and had a range of some 3,225 miles, and capacity for up to 81 PAX. This model also became the very first of the definitive COMET 4 SERIES aircraft which ultimately redeemed the types early reputation. A total of 19 COMET 4's were produced by De Havilland. All of these aircraft were initially operated by BOAC. However, by the time of its entry to commercial service Great Britain's enormous technological lead had been significantly eroded and COMET 4 were already outclassed by B707, CV880, CV990 and DC8 jetliners of superior performance and economics.
From 1967 the COMET was gradually phased out of the MEXICANA fleet as more modern B727 aircraft began to be introduced into service from 1966. By 1970 all COMET 4 and COMET 4C aircraft had been withdrawn from the airlines fleet.
As was true for a number of the worlds major airlines which could not immediately afford to purchase B707/720, B727, CV880, CV990, and DC8 aircraft during the late 1950's/early 1960's, the COMET became MEXICANA's very first jet airliner and ushered the airline into the jet age and to new horizons. Combined with a new/better management/direction during the 1960's period the airline prospered as it extended its influence further afield and amidst intense competition on both domestic and international fronts.
By the late 1960's MEXICANA DE AVIACION had acquired all of its remaining PAN AMERICAN owned stock to become a fully 100% Mexican owned enterprise.
During 1977 2 B707-320C aircraft were also acquired in order to service an intended new route between Mexico City and London .... with prospective services to other European ports .... via Cancun and Nassau, however, industrial relations between the airline and its cabin crew resulted in this new service not ever comming to fruition and the B707 ultimately never entered MEXICANA service.
Beyond its "British phase" (COMET operations) MEXICANA operated B727-100, B727-200, B727-200 ADVC, and DC10-15 aircraft throughout the late 1960's and the 1970's, 80's, and 90's.
During more recent times the airline has also since acquired A318-100, A319-100, A320-200, A330-200, B757-200, B767-200ER, and B767-300ER aircraft.
MEXICANA CLICK (originally MEXICANA INTER) became the low-fare regional division of MEXICANA when the airline acquired AEROCARIBE (founded during 1975) during August 1990 .... operating F100 and FH227 aircraft. MEXICANA CLICK has more recently acquired B717-200 aircraft to service both its domestic and regional routes.
On 4 February 2009 MEXICANA won a concession to operate a new feeder airline .... MEXICANA LINK. Services commenced on March 13th 2009 using CRJ-200 aircraft. This feeder operator complements MEXICANA CLICK operations and services low-density routes in order to feed MEXICANA's mainline operations.
We are unable to host these historic MEXICANA liveries at HJG .... BUT .... I will consult with my Colleague Eduardo ROCHA in order to try and get each of these new subjects uploaded to AVSIM.COM, FLIGHTSIM.COM, and SIMVIATION.COM later on .... and at his convenience !
Upon successfully doing so the filenames will be announced "HERE" (on this thread), to enable those whom wish to, to access these great looking new subjects.
Muchismas gracias Eduardo .... por todos estos muy bonitos classicos del aviacion Mexicano
Mark C
AKL/NZ
) my HJG colleague Eduardo ROCHA has been busy working up the following flightline of MEXICANA period liveries for both the COMET 4 and COMET 4C. Each of these textures is for the latest/current version DMFS COMET 4 and COMET 4C model.Here's a pictorial review of what Eduardo has produced .... along with a little historical information about MEXICANA DE AVIATION and its COMET services in particular ....
MEXICANA DE AVIACION is the worlds 5th oldest airline .... superseded only by KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES, AVIANCA COLOMBIA, QANTAS AIRWAYS, and SABENA BELGIUM WORLD AIRLINES.
MEXICANA was founded on July 12th 1921 as COMPANIA MEXICANA DE TRANSPORTACION AEREA (CMTA) .... later renamed COMPANIA MEXICANA DE AVIATION (CMA) during 1924 .... and was eventually bought by PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS during 1929.
Early MEXICANA services (servicing primarily Mexico's Tampico oil fields over the countries unpaved, rugged, and bandit infested countryside) were operated by LINCOLN STANDARD biplanes, then FAIRCHILD FC-1A, FAIRCHILD FC-2, and FAIRCHILD 71 monoplanes. Following investment in the airline by PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS .... and until the late 1950's .... FORD TRIMOTOR, LOCHEED L1 ELECTRA, BOEING 247D, DC2, DC3, DC4, DC6B, and DC7C aircraft were all progressively introduced .... some of which were operated by the airline for less than 1 year.
By the late 1950's most of the worlds major airlines were either upgrading or were forced to upgrade to jet equipment in order to remain competitive. So it was for MEXICANA too .... who on October 30th 1959 contracted for 3 DH106 COMET 4C jetliners (XA-NAR, XA-NAS, and XA-NAT) for delivery during 1960.
The airlines first "Golden Aztec" jetliner service was operated by COMET 4C XA-NAS, on July 4th 1960, between Mexico City and Los Angeles, under the command of Captain Roberto PINI. With a fleet of 3 COMET 4C aircraft in service by late 1960 the airline was able to introduce jetliner services on all of its premier routes by 1961 .... from Mexico City to Chicago, Los Angeles, San Antonio, and San Francisco.
MEXICANA DE AVIATION DH-106 COMET 4C XA-NAR
MEXICANA DE AVIATION/GUEST DH106 COMET 4C XA-NAS
MEXICANA DE AVIATION ("Golden Aztec") DH-106 COMET 4C XA-NAR
MEXICANA DE AVIATION DH-106 COMET 4C XA-NAR
COMET 4C became the final production version of the definitive COMET 4 series of aircraft which first flew on October 31st 1959. This version was the result of logical mating of the longer COMET 4B fuselage with the standard COMET 4 wing design and first flew on October 31st 1959. COMET 4C aircraft had a fuselage length of 118 ft, wingspan of 115.ft (also featuring leading edge pinion fuel tanks). This model was powered by 4 RR Avon 525B turbojet engines rated at 10,500 lbs thrust each, and was certified for a MTOW of 162,000 lbs, and had a range of some 2,820 miles, and capacity for up to 106 PAX. Though never operated by BOAC the COMET 4C became the most successful of all COMET versions and accounted for production of 30 of the total 113 COMET airframes produced by De Havilland. This version eventually saw service with a large number of foreign operators around the world.
Options for a further 2 COMET 4C ircraft was never taken up by the airline due to intense domestic and foreign competition, but, from October 1964 2 COMET 4 aircraft were leased from BOAC (XA-NAB ex G-APDT and XA-NAP ex G-APDR) which was then in the process of withdrawing these aircraft from service. These 2 additional aircraft supplemented the airlines existing 3 COMET 4C's and enabled it to expand its jetliner service to both Dallas/Fort Worth, and Miami.
MEXICANA DE AVIATION DH-106 COMET 4 XA-NAP
MEXICANA DE AVIATION DH-106 COMET 4 XA-NAB
COMET 4 first flew on April 27th 1958 and entered BOAC service on October 4th 1958. Although it appeared externally identical to the developmental COMET 3 .... save for its 2 wing leading edge pinion fuel tanks .... this model was extensively re-engineered in light of the 1954 COMET 1 disasters. COMET 4 aircraft had a fuselage length of 111.5 ft, wingspan of 115.ft. This model was powered by 4 RR Avon 524 turbojet engines rated at 10,500 lbs thrust each, and was certified for a MTOW of 152,000 lbs, and had a range of some 3,225 miles, and capacity for up to 81 PAX. This model also became the very first of the definitive COMET 4 SERIES aircraft which ultimately redeemed the types early reputation. A total of 19 COMET 4's were produced by De Havilland. All of these aircraft were initially operated by BOAC. However, by the time of its entry to commercial service Great Britain's enormous technological lead had been significantly eroded and COMET 4 were already outclassed by B707, CV880, CV990 and DC8 jetliners of superior performance and economics.
From 1967 the COMET was gradually phased out of the MEXICANA fleet as more modern B727 aircraft began to be introduced into service from 1966. By 1970 all COMET 4 and COMET 4C aircraft had been withdrawn from the airlines fleet.
As was true for a number of the worlds major airlines which could not immediately afford to purchase B707/720, B727, CV880, CV990, and DC8 aircraft during the late 1950's/early 1960's, the COMET became MEXICANA's very first jet airliner and ushered the airline into the jet age and to new horizons. Combined with a new/better management/direction during the 1960's period the airline prospered as it extended its influence further afield and amidst intense competition on both domestic and international fronts.
By the late 1960's MEXICANA DE AVIACION had acquired all of its remaining PAN AMERICAN owned stock to become a fully 100% Mexican owned enterprise.
During 1977 2 B707-320C aircraft were also acquired in order to service an intended new route between Mexico City and London .... with prospective services to other European ports .... via Cancun and Nassau, however, industrial relations between the airline and its cabin crew resulted in this new service not ever comming to fruition and the B707 ultimately never entered MEXICANA service.
Beyond its "British phase" (COMET operations) MEXICANA operated B727-100, B727-200, B727-200 ADVC, and DC10-15 aircraft throughout the late 1960's and the 1970's, 80's, and 90's.
During more recent times the airline has also since acquired A318-100, A319-100, A320-200, A330-200, B757-200, B767-200ER, and B767-300ER aircraft.
MEXICANA CLICK (originally MEXICANA INTER) became the low-fare regional division of MEXICANA when the airline acquired AEROCARIBE (founded during 1975) during August 1990 .... operating F100 and FH227 aircraft. MEXICANA CLICK has more recently acquired B717-200 aircraft to service both its domestic and regional routes.
On 4 February 2009 MEXICANA won a concession to operate a new feeder airline .... MEXICANA LINK. Services commenced on March 13th 2009 using CRJ-200 aircraft. This feeder operator complements MEXICANA CLICK operations and services low-density routes in order to feed MEXICANA's mainline operations.
We are unable to host these historic MEXICANA liveries at HJG .... BUT .... I will consult with my Colleague Eduardo ROCHA in order to try and get each of these new subjects uploaded to AVSIM.COM, FLIGHTSIM.COM, and SIMVIATION.COM later on .... and at his convenience !
Upon successfully doing so the filenames will be announced "HERE" (on this thread), to enable those whom wish to, to access these great looking new subjects.
Muchismas gracias Eduardo .... por todos estos muy bonitos classicos del aviacion Mexicano
Mark C
AKL/NZ
