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The SOCATA TB-9 Tampico Club is an all-metal low-wing cabin four-seated touring aircraft. In 1975, SOCATA (Société
de Construction d'Avions de Tourisme et d'Affaires) started the development of a new light aircraft to replace the
ageing Rallye. An universal low-wing four-seat airframe was chosen to be the basic of a new light aircraft line. The
prototype, designated SOCATA TB-10 flew first on 10 February 1977. Three development aeroplanes followed this prototype
"F-WJZP". Deliveries of the production TB-10 Tobago planes, initially powered by a 180 hp Lycoming O-360-A1AD
engine, started in 1979. Next to the TB-10 Tobago the airframe was the base of a family of light aircraft, starting in 1980
with the TB-9 Tampico followed later that year by the TB-20 Trinidad. The TB-9 Tampico was a TB-10 powered by a 160 hp Lycoming
O-320-D2A engine, equipped with a fixed pitch propeller and fitted with fixed tricycle landing gear. Deliveries of the production
TB-9 Tampico planes started in 1980. Over 450 SOCATA TB-9 Tampico / Tampico Clubs were built.
The ICAO code of the SOCATA TB-9 Tampico is TAMP |
