1. GIULESTI AIRFIELD 2. CENTRAL COMMISSION FOR SPORT AVIATION

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 5, 2001
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: April 29, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT 10' Giulesti Airfield
2. Central Commission for Sport Aviation
DATE DISTR. 2a April 1954
NO. OF PAGES 6
DATE OF INFORMATION REFERENCES:
PLACE ACOUIREp
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
I. IDENTIFICATION DATA:
Reference Enclosure No. 1, Overlay GSGS 4417, Sheet No. 4040,
"Bucuresti", scale 1:100,000, Pinpoint location Bucharest/Giulesti
Airfield.
(1) Giulesti Airfield also known as Gravita/Rosi2e approximate
boundary indicated by broken line.
(2) Highway - eight meters wide, asphalt. Principal road leading from
Bucharest north to Pitesti 11 44-51, E 24-53 . . South perimeter
of airfield bordered this highway. Telephone poles approximately
six meters high were-observed along the highway and adjacent to
airfield.
II. SITE LAYOUT:
25X1X Reference Enclosure No. 2, Memory Sketch - Bucuresti/Giulesti
Airfield.
(1) Highway - same as Point 2, Enclosure 1.
(2) gntrance - no barrier or gate. Unguarded. Pedestrian and vehi-
cular traffic.
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(3) load -gravel. Led from highway through building area of airfield.
Continued for a short distance beyond building area.
(4) Storage Building six by five meters, single story, wood. Metal
barrels observed. A portion of building used as a snack bar.
(5) Aircraft Fuel Tank - underground, capacity unknown. One manually
operated pump A 200 lit. tank (approximate) mounted on a mobile
hand-operated refueling cart was used to transport fuel from this
location to aircraft.
(6) Road Barrier - Armed military guard believed to be with the
Securitate force posted 24 hours a day. Housed one
(7) garage.. -four by six meters; w?t?d9roof type
and airfield supplies.
truck used for transport personnel
(8) Office Building - 16 x 10 m., wood, tile gabled roof, single
story with possibly two or three rooms in attic section. Con-
tained offices of chief of airfield, operations, and chief pilot.
Also a small library, club and mess room.
(9) Building - 20 x 12 m., wood, tile gabled roof, two-story. Thirty
to forty soldiers (Securitatea) were quartered here and were used
for the security of the airfield. An instruction hail for student
pilots was located on the ground floor. 25X1X
(10) Building - 12 x 6 m., single story, wood, tar-p nered wood gabled
roof. Dormitory for approximately 50 persons.
student pilots from regions other than Bucharest were quay ere %
in this building during periods of training.
two - each approximately 20 x 18 x 6 m., wood, steel.
(.l)- rame, tar-papered, barrel-type roof, sliding,,wooden doors, con-
crete flooring. Minor maintenance performed in hangars,.-
(12) A10144"" (two) - small (dimensions unknown), single story, wood-..
Source unable to furnish information on use of buildings.
III. G, .INFORMATION:
Bucharest/Giulesti Airfield was used as a civil pilot school under
the authority of the Central Commission of Sport Aviation (Comisia
Centrals Aviatici Sportivej.4 CCAS).
The rectangular airfield was located in the northeast outskirts of
The airfield
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Bucharest just north of the main marshalling yar
t it was extensible in any direction ue to u $ an
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believe
housing areas on the west, south and east sides and-irregular wooded
terrain and a small creek to the north. Natural drainage'.was considered
to be excellent. There was no evidence of construction of buildings,
runways or other facilities during the 1951-52-53.period.
e more a vance students received night flying,, a ror type.
un wn. The landing area lighting facility was said to be powerful
headlights of a truck. Red obstruction lights were located on the
higher obstructions around the perimeter of the field.
facilities. minor maintenance was cou ua-reu up mj-1-uL-c&y
and stated that major maintenance was performed either at Otopeni or
Baneasa Airfields in the Bucharest area.
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25X1X 'Stu$ent training was conducted in ZLIN aircraft types 381--26-22, 25X1X
25X1 X PO-2. observed
two.NARDY aircraft. Military.aircraft had not been o served at
25X1X an time Number of aircraft varied from 5 to 15.
kind a
ere was possibly a military unit of some
MEOR IMO primeter of airfield, as barrack-type buildings were
observed; 25X1X
Airfield area not enclosed by a fence. Security duties performed by
military members of the Securitate.
IV ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Central Commission for Sport Aviation (Comisia Centrala Aviatici
Soortive - CCAS): (Before proceeding-with the information obtained
regarding this organization, it should be noted that
the CCAS was to
undergo some changes. The information following know- 25X1X
ledge of the organization until October 1953. It was Wed that
the OCAS was to be more closely supervised by the Rumanian Air Force.)
CCAS, organized in 1948, was subordinate to the Council of Ministers
vice-
CORTIA
;
(Considiu de Ministri). resident was Vasiliu S
president,.MUSCALAGIU. the following
directorates existed:
propaganda
personnel
Administration
Training. 25X1X
The mission of the CCAS, was to give the air-
minded people of Rumania an opportunity My aircraft, gliders, and
to undergo, parachute jump training. At the-same time, it served in
the national interest by creating partially trained personnel for
duty in the air force and parachute units. it was
25X1X a prerequisite to be a member of this organization a ore a ng eon-
sidered for Military flying training. 25X1X
40O to 500 students o'pleted flying training 25X1X
52 hrs. for license under the CCAS in Rumania in 1953
estimated that 200 to 300 of these were taken for militar
training. TARS airlines probably received others for training as
commercial pilots, while CCAS probably used the remaining students
25X1C to train as instructors.
52 hours training to obtain a pilot's license. He
beard that the number of hours necessary had been increased to.60.
In order to maintain a pilot's e t was necessary to.acquire
20 hours flying time annually. the only time he25X1X
25X1C had seen any air force pilots a u e was at the time
of ground schoo and flight ht examinations. (When questioned on this
25X1C last statement,
25X1X ME not, aware that any o Her nt
flight training under this program in 1951
an app c on a to the CCAS regional office in Bucharest. 25X1X
Two references were necessary, plus a general physical examination.
h
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a. educational examination was not necessar since
er o a e an
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p
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25X1X educational examination. Wknowledge of one student who
was 16 years old, but cou o er information on the maximum age.
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the following airfields were used for
training y
BUCHAREST/GIULESTI
Pilot Training
ALEXANDRIA
43-59, E 25-20
Pilot Training
PITESTI/GAMINA
44=51, E 24-51
Pilot Training
BRASOV GHIMBAV
45-42, E 25-3
Pilot Training
PLOESTI/STRASNIC
44-56, E 25-5
Pilot Training
TARGU-MURES
46-32, E 24-
Glider Training
POPESTI/LEORDENI
44-23, E 26-i1;
Glider and Parachute Training
BUCHAREST/DUDESTI-C
a1~:~l~r. ,:~nd:~Para~k~ute; 4T~~nixtg
*Coordinates approximate..
In August 1953, newspaper that a parachute
jump tower 80 m. i g e ded to the facilities at
25X1X Dudesti/Cioplea. no further information.
Enclosures:
1. Overlay, oa' -GSGS 4417, Sheet 4040, "BUCTJRESTI" .
2. Memory Sketch - Giulesti Airfield.
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ENCLOSURE'- NO. 1
Overlay of GSGS 4417
Sheet 4040,"BDCU STI"
Seale 1:100,000' -'-?
Pinpoint Location- Giulesti
Airfield
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