JET AIRCRAFT OBSERVED NEAR AIRCRAFT PLANT NO. 31 IN TBILISI

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 5, 2003
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: April 27, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY USSR (Caucasus)
SUBJECT `Jet aircraft Observed near Aircraft
Plant No, 31 in Tbilisi
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L.nother batch of 8 to 10 planes had arrived. An average of
4 to 10 planes was observed on the road every day, !'then told
that other P"I's said the plant produced only three planes a day,,
this was impossible. pie based his opinion on
:, Ga ..ements o iet workers and fellow P11s? repeatedly
counted 40 to 50 planes parked at the f ielcL:. Such a number, seemed
plausible, as 7 to 10 aircraft arrived every day? remained at
ue field for or 5 days for testing, and. were then returned to
the aircraft plant)
aircraf t being towed
f_,om the plant to and from the factory field,, From late in 1947
urn til June of 1948 he often counted the number of planes being
towed to the factory field o The Y Vs often discussed that
ti,' Besides test flights vAth jet fighters, the-e, was little
_ying, Courier planes coming from t:I0SCOW landed at the field
3verai times each month,, According to Soviet vJcrkers, these
1. ourier planes brought orders for the aircraft plant. After a
:iw hours, the aircraft took off again.,
Five or six jet fighters were seen on the taxiway at the
rims time 0 They were started several times and exchanged once
twice every day, At first, noise similar to that produced
,fir a two-stroke engine was heard. This continued for several
inutes; then a high-pitched and laud howling sound. was heard.,
. portly afterwards,the plane began to taxi and had cleared
he ground. after 330 fbet at most.,
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c, ;a for:::e1- Car,:i an officer and flight instructor for jet
fighters, Baron von 1.1LILL LPI, told the '.';s that, accord:..ng
to his exp z?:tetace these jet -e-lanes reach an altitude of f,--.!t
least ?, 00 :meet rafter 50 seconds,, but that their speed
was about 190 !tines below the ;r.axirnum speed attained. by the
German jv., planes.,
d,, ".hen the jet };lanes flew over the group of v.orkine.
a shrill ho;:iing sound was heard. The rilanes made a
sudden land .np approach t-i thout circlin.. the field as the
courier plates did o .The jet i lane s rolled to a stop abou =a
o50 feet ef',z r touching the pround:, Former air force off{.cers
estimated thi ; lancing speed at about 190 mph
e? The aircraft were very maneuverable? Acrobatics perform