NEW DEVELOPMENTS AT TAGANROG AIRFRAME PLANT DIMITROV 86

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05162A000400010003-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 1, 1974
• Content Type: REPORT

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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION
REPORT
NEW DEVELOPMENTS AT TAGANROG
AIRFRAME PLANT DIMITROV 86
APRIL 1974
COPY NO. 10 6
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NEW DEVELOPMENTS AT TAGANROG AIRFRAME PLANT DIMITROV 86
1. A large new aerodynamic vehicle (Figure 1) under development at Taganrog Airframe Plant
Dimitrov 86 was seen on high-resolution photography for the first time
fuselage, which is mostly canvas covered.
At the current stage of development the only identifiable component is a large
2.
The vehicle was first observed at Plant 86
subsequently seen
it was
Since the initial observation,
it has remained in the same location-outside a hangar in the south-central area of the plant. That
area of Plant 86 has traditionally been associated with the G. M. Beriev Experimental Design Bureau
(OKB). Beriev is the leading Soviet designer of seaplanes, and Plant 86 is the only plant in the
Soviet Union known to produce seaplanes, with the MAIL (BE-12) currently in production.
3. The large fuselage was not visible at the plant I ~ but was
in place when the plant was next photographed. At that time it exhibited the
classical characteristics of an aerodynamic fuselage, with a length to width ratio of approximately
eleven to one, apparent taper at both ends, and a horizontal disposition. A fence or screen was
being erected around it. Three and one-half months elapsed before the next usable coverage of the
plant was obtained During that interim the screen around the fuselage had been
completed, and rectangular work structures or shelters (probably of wood and stretched canvas) had
been drawn up to each side at about the longitudinal midpoint. One end of the fuselage had been
enveloped by canvas stretched over a framework, probably for environmental protection. There was
no apparent change in the location or configuration of the fuselage
the fuselage had a length of approximately 160 feet and
The canvas hooding over one end precluded precise length measurement. The
unhooded end tapered to a point 16 feet above the ground. This pointed end was covered with
form-fitting canvas which reve le a rec ngular shape atop the fuselage. From a point
the pointed end, it extended along the top of, and apparently faired into, the fuselage.
The fuselage was over 80 percent canvas covered The two small
segments which were not covered appeared to be metallic.
5. Wing, tail, and propulsion components have not been identified either attached to the
fuselage or stored in the plant area. At present, then, a firm assessment of the vehicle cannot be
made. Inferentially, it may be a mockup or prototype model of a new aircraft (perhaps a large
seaplane) or a vehicle with aerohydrodynamic characteristics. Beriev can be associated with both.
6. In a possibly related development, significant expansion of the concrete parking apron
(Figure 1) is under way at Taganrog Seaplane Station , which is a test and flyaway
base for Plant 86. Earth fill to accomplish the apron expansion is being taken primarily from an
embankment which flanked the concrete access taxiway between the plant and the seaplane station.
This will result in a significantly wider access to the parking apron. When completed, the expansion
will add 3.7 acres of new parking space to the apron.
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