Citlamatapalli Aviation

Citlamatapalli Aviation

Type	Calpolli Corporation
Industry	Aerospace Manufacturing
Founded	1957
Founder	Tzihuitl Temon
Headquarters	Tequitinitlan , Zacapican
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Mixcoatl Centiliztlacatl (Chairman) Xochitl Zavi (President and CEO)
Products	Aircraft
Number of employees	40,000
Parent	Aztatl Association

Citlamatapalli Aviation is a Zacapine general aviation manufacturer headuqartered in Tequitinitlan, Zacaco Republic. It is a subordinate organization to the larger commercial aircraft manufacturing callpolleh association Aztatl Association, founded as an offshoot of that confederation's activities specializing in smaller aircraft for leisure, utility and civil purposes other than transportation. Citlamatapalli specializes in piston powered aircraft which are generally smaller, cheaper and simpler than the far more complex passenger liners of its parent company. Citlamatapalli is comparatively prolific as a manufacturing firm as a result, producing over 100,000 single engine airplanes since its foundation in 1957. The light and versatile aircraft models produced in the Citlamatapalli affiliated calpolli factories can be found all over the world today thanks to their utility, low cost, ease of maintenance and minimal infrastructural requirements. The designs for Citlamatapalli aircraft have largely been drawn up by a single Lushyod family of engineers based in Angatahuaca, known by the surname Zabo, who have been making a living for decades from the exclusively liscencing payments of the manufacturer. Most of these designs are for high-wing single engine aircraft, with the wings located above the main body, offering better downward visibility. The company also manufactures a number of variants and accessory components for its aircraft, such as pontoons to convert many of its commercial aircraft into amphibious floatplanes.

History

Zabo Family

The legacy of the Zabo family is closely tied to that of Citlamatapalli Aviation as the principal designers for most of the company's products. The Zabo (originally Szabo) originate from Drevstran, a country which they fled during the period of civil conflict in the early 20th century. Gyurka Zabo and his family arrived in Angatahuaca along with many more of their countrymen during the Xolotecate era, a period of modernization and industrialization in the country during which much immigrant labor was used to expand the workforce. Patriarch Gyurka his three brothers settled in a motor manufacturing calpolli, assembling locomotives to meet the growing demand for rail transport across the country. His son Janos would go on to be educated in the new centralized Zacapine education system, attending Angatahuaca University and becoming an engineer and draftsman. Janos Zabo would enter into an agreement with a fellow graduate destined for a design firm working with the Aztatl Association, being signed on to draw up a number of designs to be tested by Aztatl's new private aviation subdivision. He would go on to sell the exclusive liscences of his designs to the nascent Citlamatapalli corporate entity, earning a significant passive income that would sustain much of the impoverished Zabo family in Zacapican and would allow Janos to gaurantee the standard of living of his relatives and children. In turn, Janos' son Feren would follow in his father's footsteps and continue to draw up designs for the company on a contract basis after his father's retirement and later death.

Aircraft

Image	Model Name	Notes
	C-TT	First commercially sold Citlamatapalli aircraft. Airframe manufactured using wood and steel.
	C140	Steel body model of 1959, first design licensed from Janos Zabo.
	C172	The most common Citlamatapalli aircraft by production number, exceeding 30,000 units. One of the workhorses of private aviation across the world, and the company's most succesful export model by far. Introduced in 1960, produced into the modern day through a modernized variant.
	Y-61	Military variant of the C172. Unarmed trainer aircraft used to train novice pilots to level of acceptable profficiency before introducing the Jet trainer aircraft.
	C210	Iteration on the based Zabo C172 design with improved passenger capacity of 6 seats up from 4 seats.
	C208	Large aircraft capable of carrying up to 14 passengers.
	C208-CH	Air freight cargo variant of the C208, primarily used by airmail services for transporting letters and parcels quickly across long distances and difficult terrain. Commonly used by postal services and other public utilities in the mountainous interior as well as the isolated island communities of Zacapican.
	CB-1	Military variant of the large C208 design, used for training, search and rescue, and limited combat roles. Hardpoints added to the wings allow the aircraft to launch air-to-ground missiles, making the CB-1 the only combat capable Citlamatapalli aircraft.
	C303	First design liscenced from Feren Zabo, introducing the low-wing design deviating from the common trend of the most common and popular Citlamatapalli designs.
	C-Quetzal	Unconventional twin propellor design, featuring an aft facing pusher propellor and twin-tailed design. Designed for improved safety and stability in case of the failure of one engine.
	C400	Most succesful low-wing design manufactured by Citlamatapalli, considered the low-wing equivalent of the C-172.
	C-PTI	Next generation propeller design, first flown in 2000. Cancelled after limited production run.
	C408	Purpose built air cargo carrier, released as a modern update to the C208-CH for airmail service.