AIRCRAFT PLANT NO. 31 IN TBILISI

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 13, 2001
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 11, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORIVIATOON -.REPORT CD NO..
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1? Aireraft Plant Ko 31 ir. Tiflis produced type I aircraft in quantity after
the fall of 1946. ?(1) In 1943? threeplares a day of this type were taken
J-e the factory airfield- - Type Ti aircraft were first seen in the spring of
.-(2 no quantity production was noticed up to September 1943?
was made of tubes with an aluminum sheathing. There were two
.Jagh tubes from nose to tail to which transverse tubes were welded about
_ cm apart, The outer diameter of the aluminum tubes was about 40 mm,
tLe thickness of their walls was mn, The aluminum sheathing,which was
3 to h nm thick, was. riveted electrically. (3) The structure of the
wins ma similar to that of the fuselee.as far as could be remembered.
The storoC. aluminum paes were painted dark brown and the aluminum tubes
used Ayf the fueola;:e had a dar!? rreen cwA of paint,
Tn the on nes the air. int. ?
nozzle eximust hid an att--
motorcyole, This eylind)
loncitudinal slots (4) -
color. At the test. stand sc
from the nozzle. Othcr iTs
the jot en7ine.
o inside like a funnel- The
he mu:fler tail pipe of a
? ?.;out 30 em long, had several
oncine had a metallic silver
aat red-yelloish flames emanated
asoline motor 'asused for starting
Us-Lally no anr:Is were installed in the :ircraft. However, ? occa iv two
runs were aoen in each of the riles of bbth the typo I and th
planes. Jource had to carr:, boxes fill (d nit: arms. The box.
lotterinc. Then one of these boxes, which was about 2 meters ,11 and
broke open a cannon of 10 or 40 mm Calibor without muzzle Lral:e soca.(5)
Another .trice of box coaaineL: two machine i,;1.111:3 each.
Prior to 1:einc shipped out in crates these planes were disnantled by about
2-1Y: non each within two or three hours, (6)
Comments..
1) Se Annex 1-7-6r a skctch of the 1 plane-tnnex 3 contains a sketch of
this plone,s power plant. Contrary to former information this type aircraft
is described as eth fitted with an intrrnal power plan-- Since Lype
C.c.: S nOrld13 1,(.) the ono 5 4 !r 1.rfrsi on i.ri fh teLl wheel wL.:_ch was devoloned
- 7("k-1, it is IY,:lieved ihat t3i statement o hie 2over .o-Aant arises
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So Annex 2 for a sketch of the type 2. plane, Typ I I 17;orrespends
.to the two-seater version with nose wheel, . Itjs '..Allieved that
quantity production of this plane was started about July or Auaust
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This is in contraaction to a previous report according to
pneumatic riveting: hammers were used.. The thick-
ness of the outer skin seems to be overrated althouEn it is a fact
that shealinc of oviet aircraft is thicker than that normally used
by Y;estern aircralt plants.
This attachment scads to Le a flame protectin, device necessitated
by the position of the turbine. The measurements of the turbine
as mentioned in Annex 3 are believed to be exacgerated.
From all available information it. is believed that the standard
armament of this type was two 20-mm mac.Aim runs. On the otherhandl
it must also ..be possible to mount these 2 machine (Luns in the wins,
and a 377-mm cut in the noso,
This information is confirmed by many other reports.
3 Annexes: (1) Type I iroraft Observed in Tiflis
(2) Type II Aircraft Observed in Tiflis
(3) Power Plant of .Type I tireraft Observed in Tiflis?
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