EAST GERMAN LUFTHANSA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A041500130001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 26, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 7, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY East Ger1 z
SUBJECT East German Lufthsasa
a activity of the Eadt German Luftbanaa (D
a. Take-offs and landings in Sahoenetelds
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During training and 5,449
workshop flight. at
various aircraft. types
b? The rumway lights in Sehoenefe3A and the flare t5 in th
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direction of Bohnsdorf were being renewed and?wark war
ooapletion. The approach lighting facility was a m cttAre or the ALPA-ATA (?) and CALV iT systems, similar to the approach
lighting at Prague airtield.1
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Of the Dresden production6 some II4I.
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eo The landing, strip at Warsaw airfield was again. fully seeable.
It was 2,000 meters long and 60,:meters wide. QBI-QGO vaJB ordered
when the cloud altitude was lower than 50 meters and horizontal
visibility on the ground was limited to less than 800 meters.
f. The But German hufthansa.expected some SAR-16s as short-range
aircraft fromn
the USSR in 1958. These aircraft were to replace
the Ali-2s.
g. In 1957, the East German' Lufthansa, flew with the IL-Us a total,
of 11,800 hours. About 18,000 flying hours were scheduled for
1958.
h. Two sets of minutes of the trade union meetings on 18 December
1957 and 16 January 1958 at Schoenefeld airfield were procured.
The systems mentioned are not known.
IL-14s with identification letters D14SA2 and DABAX
no been delivered.
Cont. The YAK-16 is a twin-engine (ASH-21) lair--wing
monop a for a 2 or 3..man crew and 10 passengers, and with a
speed of 300 km/b.
moment For photographs of both protocols, see Annex.
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