CONDOR A MODIFICATIONS GOSTOMEL AIRFIELD, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91T00712R000100240004-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 18, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: August 30, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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CONDOR A MODIFICATIONS
GOSTOMEL AIRFIELD, USSR
Z-14955/83
NPIC/PEG (8/83)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: MODIFICATIONS ARE OBSERVED ON THE CONDOR A HEAVY
TRANSPORT PROTOTYPE WHICH MAY INDICATE THE 25X1
AIRCRAFT HAS COMPLETED THE INITIAL PHASE OF FLIGHT TESTING.
(SWN)
2. REMARKS: MODIFICATIONS CONSISTING OF REMOVAL OF THE NOSE PROBE?
AND THE ADDITION OF DARK TONE PATCHES TO THE WING ROOT AREA
HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE CONDOR A. THE NOSE PROBE, WHICH WAS
FLIGHT-TEST-ASSOCIATED, HAD BEEN MOUNTED ON THE CONDOR A SINCE
THE AIRCRAFT 7 S OBSERVED INITIALLY AT KIYEV AIRFRAME PLANT
IN NOVEMBER 1982. THE NOSE PROBE HAS BEEN 25X1
REPLACED WITH A PROBABLE RADOME. THE DARK-TONE PATCHES HAVE
BEEN ADDED TO THE LEADING EDGE AREAS OF THE FUSELAGE WING-ROOT
FAIRINGS. THE PATCHES MAY INDICATE THAT INTERNAL STRUCTURAL
MODIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THIS AREA OF THE FUSELAGE.
THESE MODIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHEDI 25X1
ONE OTHER MODIFICATION TO THE CONDOR HAS BEEN-OBSERVED 25X1
RECENTLY; ONE POSSIBLE DIELECTRIC PATCH WAS ADDED TO EACH SIDE
OF THE REAR FUSELAGE (SWN) 25X1
GOSTOMEL AIRFIELD, 12.5 NM NORTHWEST OF KIYEV, IS A FLIGHT TEST
FACILITY FOR THE O.K. ANTONOV EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN BUREAU WHICH
IS COLLOCATED WITH KIYEV AIRFRAME PLANT 473. (SWN)
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for
and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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