BRATISLAVA-IVANKA AIRFIELD

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 29, 2009
• Sequence Number: 3
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Point # 1. Single RR Line: standard European gauge (4 ft. 81 in.)..
# 2. Maly Dunaj River: a tributary of the Danube; was either
being straightened out or being moved further south.
# 3. Bratislava-Ivanka Airfield.
# 4. KostolariyPri Dunaji: formerly called, Ivanka, from which
the a r field received its alternate name.
# 5. Double RR Line: from Bratislava to Sered,4817N-17Zt47;
standard European gauge.
# 6. Road: from Bratislava to Trnava j817N-1738); asphalt;
s!-meters wide; fair condition; itches one meter wide,
fruit trees, power lines along sides.
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Point # 1. Hangar A: 70 x 60 x 15 m.; stuccoed brick, painted dark
green; built in 1950; concrete floor; straight roof; corru--
gated sheet iron, sliding doors on northeast and southwest
sides. Doors were so badly constructed that they had to
be pulled open by truck or by about seven men, Capacity
of hangar was about three or four DS-3's. On the west side
of hangar was a two-wing door, three meters wide and two
meters high. Hangar was painted dark green. Hangar was
divided lengthwise by a brick wall and aircraft were parked
on both sides. Also about eight meters of hangar on the
west side was divided from the rest of the hangar by a
brick wall and constructed into two stories. This resulting
space accommodated billets for some crew members and
employees on the second floor; tool storage,. carpentry shop
and other types of shops and spare rooms were located on the
first. About 50 completely new ZLIN-22's were parked in
this hangar.
Ham: same dimensions and constructional details as
hangar A. point No. 1, above7. The briefing room, office
of the director of the airfield, radio shop, repair and
reserve rooms, mechanic's shop, aircraft spare parts
storage room (for tires, instruments, lubricating oil, etc.)
were located on the first floor. The weather station,
telegraph station, teletype office, and the main switch-
board were located on the second. Telephones, which were
installed in most of the buildings, were connected to this
switchboard. In the south part of this hangar were parked
some Galankas and ZLIN-22's (both Czechoslovak made)
which were brought there from the aircraft plant in. Gott-
waldov L/IT913N-174og7. Aircraft were flight tested else-
where. Parked aircraft in hangars were very badly neglected
and covered with a thick layer of dust. In September or
October 1952, five or six MIG-15's were parked beteen
hangars A and B and no one was allowed to come near them.
Distance between hangars A and B was about 40 m, Both
hangars were surrounded by 20 m, wide aprons. Although the
airfield as a whole was not guarded, both. hangars were
patrolled by six or seven black-uniformed guards armed with
guns during the day and with machine guns at night. One
trained dog accompanied the guards at night.
# 2. Grass Lawns: in front of hangars A and B, point No. 1,
above ; about 10 m. wide; well kept.
# 3. Connecting Hallway. 15 - 20 m. long, 4 m. wide; concrete
floor; straight roof; open on west side with wooden poles
supporting roof; glass wall on east side; joined Hangar B.
Point No. 1, above with the Administration Building,
Point No. 6, below .
# 4. Control Tower: 5 x 5 x 20 m.; stuccoed brick, painted
green; glass top and sides; situated on top of Hangar B,
point No. 1 above7 with radio antennas; housed a radio
transmitter of 3,255 frequency and VHF 118.1. 25X1
The VHF was'very poor, impossible to be tuned. up; radio
men complained they could not make it work because they
lacked proper antennas.
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# 5.
Grassy Circle: five meters in diameter; around which vehicles.
turned around,
# 6. Administration Buildin : 30 x 10 x 5 m.; stuccoed brick; single-
s ory; straight roo ; wo-door entrances on east and south sides;
water fountain in front of building on east side for aesthetic
purposes only. This building housed the Domestic Travel Office,
the Foreign Travel Office (which was seldom used since practically
all foreign travel started from the Prague-Ruzyne Airfield), a
post office, passengers' waiting room, restaurant, custom's
office, and the crews' lounge. The building was beautifully
furnished with new furniture. All cocktail tables had black
marble tops. Two women guards were stationed in this building
to search female passengers for weapons and other unauthorized
articles.
# 7. Aron: 100 in, long, 100 m, wide; concrete; built in 1951; in
very good condition; served as passengers' boarding point.
# 8. A rono 20 m, wide; concrete; in very good condition.
# 9. Bunker: concrete walls, two to three meters thick; partly in
groan and about 10 in, above ground; built in the Winter of 1952;
located about 100 m, from the Administration Building, point
No. 6, above7. Upon completion of the cement const
was covered with a wooden frame.
a rcra t bunker
were no guards around it
it was an anti.
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# 10. Ceilometer 11r
er, m, high; stationary, emplaced in ground; 50 in. ecm. astiofdiame-
taxi strip, point No. 15, below 7'; used for determining the
height of cloud ceiling above t 'Fe earth.
# 11. Access Road: 300 - 400 m. long, 6 m. wide; concrete; led to air-
i road, floint No. 17, belo7; built in 1950.
# 12. Short Taxi StriP: 100 in, long, 20 m. wide; concrete.
# 13. Building: four by four by three meters, brick; roof n~t yet
?nis ed. frfuture use unknown; located about 40 M. westlof taxi
strip, pint No. 15, belo7.
# 14. Construction Area: several buildings under construction; located
a au- 107'm. eas of road, . Point No.
the air; buildings appeared be of ad17, ministrativebtypee. from
# 15. Lon 'Taxi Wa: 20 - 25 m. wide; about 100 in. west of and running
a on s e.o runway, point No. 20, belo7; drainage sewers along
side.
# 16. Grass 100 m. wide- between taxi strip, Point No. 1
runway,7oint 20, belo; very well kept, but because of softnd
ground, was not used even for parking aircraft; there were no
hardstands or revetments on the airfield.
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# 17. Road: flee Point No. 6, Enclosure A. 25X1
# 18. Grass Lawn: same details as lawn above Point No. 19.
19. Goniometer Station: 10 x 10 x 5 m.; stuccoed brick; straight
roof on which was a double loop antenna; located 300 - 500 in.
northeast of beginning of runway, Point No. 20, belog.
20. Runways 05 - 23 degrees; 1,900 m. long, 60 m. wide; concrete;
built in 1951; visible from afar because of white color; possible
extensibility to south; artificial drainage system on sides with
15 x 10 cm. openings. About 200 - 300 in. from the start of the
runway were mounted new approach lights still 25X1
being installed. These lights were rectangular and yellow in
color. Lights were mounted on five meter high, wooden or steel
poles, seven meters apart. As poles approached the runway,
their height gradually decreased to such an extent that the
lights near the runway were emplaced in the ground.
21. Runwa : 14 - 32 degrees; 1,500 in, long, 60 m. wide; concrete,
built in 1951; very good condition- same drainage system as
other runway, Loint No. 20, abov7; impossible to extend east
because of river, Point No. 2, Enclosure 7 or west because of
''road, "Point No. 1 , above7. Both of these runways could
accommodate either light or heavy aircraft. Both runways were
to be painted dark green like hangars for camouflage purposes.
White, stationary runway lights were mounted 50 in. apart along
sides of both runways. These lights were lit from control
tower, point No. 4, above7 as needed. About six combination
green and red lights were placed at the beginning of each run-
way. As a landing aid, each runway in use had a mobile aircraft
control unit with a radio in contact with the control tower,
/Point No. 4, above7. A spot light burned red for:"stop", green
for "clearance",, and white for "return to your base". -There-was
no noticeable construction of new runways or any prolongation of
the existing ones.
22. Lorenz Unit: three x three x three meters; brick construction,
with antenna on top; housed main transmitter for let-down
procedure; located near beginning of runway, point No. 2Q7.
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