THE MALESICE-PRAGUE XI PLANT OF THE UNITED AIRCRAFT WORKS, NATIONAL CORPORATION

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009800440005-5
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 31, 2002
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: January 23, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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The i .lea icc ?-Pragw XI Plant of t7 re -JJ,X:Lted
aircraft Worl>s,, T atiorri' . CorpoxnLion
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1. The Y, alesloe-."?ramie XI plant of the United Aircraft Works National Corporation,
ervloys about 5C0 persons, 30 to 40 of whom are clerks, in the construction
of jet aircraft engines and overhe.ulint, both :i.i? ht and heavy aircraft engines
of the conventional tyne. prior to its associ.ati on wJ th United Aircraft, the
14rlesi.ce plant was a subsidiary of CKD. Sovict control in Via plant consists
of an unspecified nur..bePr, of engineers; IM (1-11nistry of Defense) supervision
is conducted by officers of the LVU (t-Llitar;y Aircraft Research Institute)
at Letnany. The factory's nearsonnal include
Ing. (fnu) 7iracek Plant anger, a retired colonel, are` 55, tali,
stoi2 g ny rg ha-ir, walks with a. swim ir.g
-,it, _.a Comm nist from necessity.
(fnu) Sores Deem t.ion (sic) chief, Czech, short, slimy
eir rta:ii, .rrinlsled face. (2)
Va.cle.v Valek Chief of the "deta. -l shop" (sic) denrrrtzsent,
9xp ,, short, stout, black Imirs wears glasses. 1,1
Almost all the plant's rouction is concentrated in the rain hr.11 and is
divided into three Jena r t,-' ents. The first derartme:nt is for the construction
of jet engines, wh5.ch are an improved yodel of the German t%-262 engine.
2n-ine improver: ants were started in 19L 1, continuing; to the end of 19.47, and
were confined to roa-rts rodiaic'tions; the basic engine design remained unaltered.
The brake testing; of the imrroveti erx?:'ne was done at the plant, while P t,,jor (frea)
.nak of the LV1J condur;t:Ad. the aeri_ari tests at the :fly ark Letitiny airfields.(3)
:.ctua1 production began in the auttm.n of 1949 and has continued to date
uninterrupted.
3. The main ixmroveren_ts over the German nodel achieved are considerably e tear
thrust and lotfor fuel consummation. The only weak. point is the va altered
German two-cygli-nder. Riec.el st^rting; engine ?ahich was designed -tc. cner. to for
arnprox.im-teZ,,r 7 ,.t-nut n and to drive the turbii-ne to about 15,OCC rta. The
st-rting en'ines built in 'cl'ay 1951 r-an wel.l,but for a maxirnam of only Z. Minutes;
41t is believed the troaat 1.e lies in an 5.nadecniate ccolinn system,
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4. The second department is for overhauling- conventional aircraft engines for
heavy aircraft and is also :in the rain hall. P-binly German types undergo
repairs here. Repairs to conventional engines of light aircraft forms the
third department. The remaining shops both within and without the main hall
are auxil! rry sections subordinate to the plan;;' s production as given. The
factory constructs most of its own prrts, exclustwe of special items: such
as rotor blades and bearings, which are delivered by the Poldi Steel + .orks
in Kladno. (4)
5., The plant is well guarded by a military- guard Lvtit believed to be stationed
at Kbely. There is also a large Workers' Militia and a permanent fire brigade
capable of coping with arty fires.
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Cornt: Source probnbly means by operation chief that source is
the production chief.
Comment: For the aerial tests the anginas were suspended beneath a
ernnn typo bomber.
Comwnt: Soixrce fails to snacify the type of blade to which he ma?-es
re cranes, but it is assumed that rotor blades for jet aircraft are meant rather
than conventional propeller blades.
Att:t,bment: Plan of the Malesice Plant of the United Aircraft Works, with key,
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