Smolensk Aviation Plant Joint Stock Company
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The Smolensk Aviation Plant (SmAZ) is a Russian aircraft production and servicing company. Founded in 1926, since 1993 it has been a Joint stock company
Joint stock company
A joint-stock company is a type of corporation or partnership involving two or more individuals that own shares of stock in the company...

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History

The facility was founded in 1926
1926 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1926:- Events :* United Airlines established.* Award of the Harmon Trophy begins. A set of three trophies is awarded annually to the worlds outstanding aviator, aviatrix , and aeronaut for the year, and a fourth trophy is awarded to the outstanding...

 as "Aviation Repair Plant No.3", in 1928
1928 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1928:- Events :* The Soviet Unions First Five-Year Plan begins, placing a high priority on the construction of new aircraft factories...

 it was redesignated "Plant No.35". Between 1941
1941 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1941:- Events :* Jackie Cochran became the first woman to fly a bomber across the Atlantic Ocean.* During the spring and summer, the Imperial Japanese Navys air arm conducts Operation 102, its second major bombing campaign against Chungking.* By early...

 and 1944
1944 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1944:-January:* United States Coast Guard pilot Lieutenant, junior grade, Stewart Graham makes the first helicopter flight from a merchant ship in convoy in the North Atlantic Ocean...

 it was relocated to Kuybyshev as part of "Plant #1". Until 1966, it was known as "Plant #475" of the NKAP (Narodny Kommissariat Aviatsionnoy Promyshlennosti, People's Commissariat for Aviation Industry). It was renamed again in 1967 as the "Smolensk Machine Building Plant" of MAP (Ministerstvo Aviatsionnoy Promyshlennosti, Ministry for the Aviation Industry). It received its present name in 1974. On July 1, 1993 it was privatized, and has since operated as a joint stock company.

List of production/serviced aircraft

  • Grigorovich
    Grigorovich
    Grigorovich was a Soviet aircraft design bureau, headed by Dmitry Pavlovich Grigorovich.-Aircraft:* M-1 flying boat, 1913* M-2 flying boat* M-3 flying boat* M-4 flying boat* M-5 flying boat, 1914* M-6 flying boat* M-7 flying boat* M-8 flying boat...

     I-2
    Grigorovich I-2
    The Grigorovich I-2 was a biplane fighter aircraft of the Soviet Union, the first indigenous fighter to enter service in substantial numbers. Developed from the Grigorovich I-1, it first flew on 4 November 1924, piloted by A.I. Zhukov. The M-5 engine was a Soviet copy of the Liberty L-12.Production...

     (full name was I-7(I-2)) I-2 page
  • Polikarpov
    Polikarpov
    Polikarpov Design Bureau was a Soviet OKB for aircraft, led by Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov. After his death on 30 July 1944 at the age of 52, his OKB was absorbed into Lavochkin, but with some of its engineers going to Mikoyan-Gurevich and its production facilities going to Sukhoi...

     R-1, I-3
    Polikarpov I-3
    -Bibliography:...

    , R-5
    Polikarpov R-5
    The Polikarpov R-5 was a Soviet reconnaissance bomber aircraft of the 1930s. It was the standard light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft with the Soviet Air Force for much of the 1930s, while also being used heavily as a civilian light transport, in the order of 7,000 being built in...

    , Po-2
    Polikarpov Po-2
    The Polikarpov Po-2 served as a general-purpose Soviet biplane, nicknamed Kukuruznik for maize; thus, 'maize duster' or 'crop duster'), NATO reporting name "Mule"...

    , I-15
    Polikarpov I-15
    The Polikarpov I-15 was a Soviet biplane fighter aircraft of the 1930s. Nicknamed Chaika because of its gulled upper wings, it was operated in large numbers by the Soviet Air Force, and together with the Polikarpov I-16 monoplane, was one of the standard fighters of the Spanish Republicans during...

    , I-16
    Polikarpov I-16
    The Polikarpov I-16 was a Soviet fighter aircraft of revolutionary design; it was the world's first cantilever-winged monoplane fighter with retractable landing gear. The I-16 was introduced in the mid-1930s and formed the backbone of the Soviet Air Force at the beginning of World War II...

  • Tupolev
    Tupolev
    Tupolev is a Russian aerospace and defence company, headquartered in Basmanny District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. Known officially as Public Stock Company Tupolev, it is the successor of the Tupolev OKB or Tupolev Design Bureau headed by the Soviet aerospace engineer A.N. Tupolev...

     TB-1/ANT-4, R-6/ANT-7, SB/ANT-40
  • Bureau of Special Developments (БОК) of Chizhevski BOK-1 (stratospheric), BOK-5 (flying wing), BOK-7 (high altitude), BOK-15 (record setting)
  • Ilyushin
    Ilyushin
    Open Joint Stock Company «Ilyushin Aviation Complex» , operating as Ilyushin or Ilyushin Design Bureau, is a Russian design bureau and aircraft manufacturer, founded by Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin. Ilyushin was established under the Soviet Union. Its operations began on January 13, 1933, by...

     Il-2
    Ilyushin Il-2
    The Ilyushin Il-2 was a ground-attack aircraft in the Second World War, produced by the Soviet Union in very large numbers...

  • Lavochkin
    Lavochkin
    NPO Lavochkin is a Russian aerospace company. It is a major player in the Russian space program, being the developer and manufacturer of the Fregat upper stage, as well as interplanetary probes such as Phobos Grunt...

     La-5
    Lavochkin La-5
    |- See also :- References :NotesBibliography* Abanshin, Michael E. and Nina Gut. Fighting Lavochkin, Eagles of the East No.1. Lynnwood, WA: Aviation International, 1993. ISBN unknown....

    , La-7
    Lavochkin La-7
    The Lavochkin La-7 was a piston-engined Soviet fighter developed during World War II by the Lavochkin Design Bureau . It was a development and refinement of the Lavochkin La-5, and the last in a family of aircraft that had begun with the LaGG-1 in 1938. Its first flight was in early 1944 and it...

  • Yakovlev
    Yakovlev
    The Yak Aircraft Corporation is a Russian aircraft designer and manufacturer...

     Yak-3
    Yakovlev Yak-3
    The Yakovlev Yak-3 was a World War II Soviet fighter aircraft.Robust and easy to maintain, it was much liked by pilots and ground crew alike....

    , Yak-7
    Yakovlev Yak-7
    The Soviet Yakovlev Yak-7 was developed from the earlier Yak-1 fighter, initially as a trainer but converted into a "heavy" fighter. As both a fighter and later reverting to its original training role, the Yak-7 proved to be a capable aircraft and was well liked by air crews. The Yak-7 was simpler,...

    , Yak-9
    Yakovlev Yak-9
    The Yakovlev Yak-9 was a single-engine fighter aircraft used by the Soviet Union in World War II and after. Fundamentally a lighter development of the Yak-7 with the same armament, it arrived at the front at the end of 1942. The Yak-9 had a lowered rear fuselage decking and all-around vision canopy...

    , Yak-11
    Yakovlev Yak-11
    |-See also:-References:* Gordon, Yefim, Dmitry Komissarov and Sergey Komissarov. OKB Yakovlev: A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft. Hinkley, UK: Midland Publishing, 2005. ISBN 1 85780 203 9....

    , Yak-18T
    Yakovlev Yak-18
    |-See also:-External links:*...

    , Yak-42
    Yakovlev Yak-42
    The Yakovlev Yak-42 is a 100/120-seat three-engined mid-range passenger jet. It was designed as a replacement for several obsolete Aeroflot jets as a mid-range passenger jet...

    , Yak-112
    Yakovlev Yak-112
    The Yakovlev Yak-112 is a Russian/Soviet civil utility aircraft that first flew in early 1990s. It is ready for serial production as of 2008...

  • Bakshaev A-2, VA-3/48, PM gliders
  • Myasishchev
    Myasishchev
    V. M. Myasishchev Experimental Design Bureau or OKB-23, founded in 1951 by Vladimir Myasishchev) was one of the chief Soviet aerospace design bureaus until its dissolution in 1960. Vladimir Myasishchev went on to head TsAGI...

     M-55
  • Technoavia
    Technoavia
    SCF Technoavia, or Scientific Commercial Firm Technoavia, is a Russian aircraft manufacturer. It was established in 1991 by Vyacheslav Kondratiev.- Production aircraft :* Intracom GM-17 «Viper» * Technoavia SM92 Finist ** SM-92T ** SMG-92...

     SM92 Finist, SM-94-1, SM-2000, SP-55M
  • Sukhoi
    Sukhoi
    Sukhoi Company is a major Russian aircraft manufacturer, headquartered in Begovoy District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, famous for its fighters...

     Su-38
    Sukhoi Su-38
    |-See also:-References:*Karnozov, Vladimir and Stewart Penny. ". Flight International, 3–9 July 2001, p. 24.* Jackson, Paul. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group, 2003. ISBN 0-7106-2537-5....


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