08/22/2022. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "Aeronautical engineer and designer Máximo Tedesco formed Agrocopteros Ltda at Cali, Colombia, in 1971. Since a number of own designs were built as well as types under license, including a helicopter.
The company was renamed Tecnologías Aeronauticas SA, trading as Aerotec SA, in 1998, by 2004 it was renamed Aerotecnologías Andinas SACI, trading as AeroAndina SA.
No. 14109. Aircraft Manufacturing and Development Company MXP-150 Patriot (N415JD c/n 150-001)
Photographed at Sun 'n Fun Fly-in, Lakeland, Florida, USA, April 2008, by Karl Heinz Schmid
AeroAndina MXP-150 Kimbaya (Johan Visschedijk Collection)
In 2006 Máximo Tedesco designed the side-by-side two-seat MXP-150 Kimbaya. Derived from the earlier Rotax-powered MXP-1000 Tyrona, it was to comply with the US light-sport aircraft specifications. It had an 125 hp Continental four-cylinder horizontal-opposed air-cooled engine, driving a three-bladed propellor. A prototype was flown at Cali in 2006. In total, about twenty MXP-150s were built, some of them were exported to Europe, the USA and New Zealand.
Aircraft Manufacturing and Development Company (AMD) at Eastman, Georgia, announced in 2007 the intention to produce a light sport aircraft to compete with the Cessna Skycatcher, of which a concept aircraft had flown on October 13, 2006. AMD used a standard AeroAndina MXP-150 and fitted it with the 100 hp Continental O-200-A engine (specially developed for the LSA class), driving a two-bladed propeller. This aircraft was registered N145JD to AMD as the model MXP-150, but was marketed at the AMD Patriot. The aircraft was flown in late 2007, and received its CofA on January 14, 2008. A second aircraft was similar registered to AMD as N441PT (c/n 150-002) on March 24, 2008.
AMD promoted the Patriot for some years, by 2010 the company was renamed Eastman Aviation, while in December 2013 the aircraft was promoted as the AMD Zenair Patriot 150, eventually no production aircraft were built by these companies. The N145JD has been sold since and is presently registered to William Bruce of Hamilton Alabama. The N441PT was deregistered by the FAA on March 7, 2017, as the CofA had expired.
However, an additional two Patriots were built in Colombia, they were registered as AeroAndina MXP-150 Patriot. HC-U0074 (c/n AA-07-10-15-030) is listed to the Aero Club Los Rebeldes at Aeroparque Los Rebeldes, Guayaquil, Ecuador, while in Colombia is listed HJ-387 (c/n AA-09-11-15-046) to an owner unknown."
In 2006 Máximo Tedesco designed the side-by-side two-seat MXP-150 Kimbaya. Derived from the earlier Rotax-powered MXP-1000 Tyrona, it was to comply with the US light-sport aircraft specifications. It had an 125 hp Continental four-cylinder horizontal-opposed air-cooled engine, driving a three-bladed propellor. A prototype was flown at Cali in 2006. In total, about twenty MXP-150s were built, some of them were exported to Europe, the USA and New Zealand.
Aircraft Manufacturing and Development Company (AMD) at Eastman, Georgia, announced in 2007 the intention to produce a light sport aircraft to compete with the Cessna Skycatcher, of which a concept aircraft had flown on October 13, 2006. AMD used a standard AeroAndina MXP-150 and fitted it with the 100 hp Continental O-200-A engine (specially developed for the LSA class), driving a two-bladed propeller. This aircraft was registered N145JD to AMD as the model MXP-150, but was marketed at the AMD Patriot. The aircraft was flown in late 2007, and received its CofA on January 14, 2008. A second aircraft was similar registered to AMD as N441PT (c/n 150-002) on March 24, 2008.
AMD promoted the Patriot for some years, by 2010 the company was renamed Eastman Aviation, while in December 2013 the aircraft was promoted as the AMD Zenair Patriot 150, eventually no production aircraft were built by these companies. The N145JD has been sold since and is presently registered to William Bruce of Hamilton Alabama. The N441PT was deregistered by the FAA on March 7, 2017, as the CofA had expired.
However, an additional two Patriots were built in Colombia, they were registered as AeroAndina MXP-150 Patriot. HC-U0074 (c/n AA-07-10-15-030) is listed to the Aero Club Los Rebeldes at Aeroparque Los Rebeldes, Guayaquil, Ecuador, while in Colombia is listed HJ-387 (c/n AA-09-11-15-046) to an owner unknown."
Created August 22, 2022