Aviation Plant in Saratov Maked Stoilova Olga

Aviation Plant in Saratov Maked : Stoilova Olga

Saratov Aviation Plant (SAZ) – aircraft construction company. It was totally located in Saratov in 2010. It has become famous due to the fact what it made Yakovlev’s aircrafts - the legendary World War II fighters such as. Yak-1 and Yak-3, passenger Yak-40, Yak-42 carrier-based aircraft with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) Yak-38 planes and helicopters of other size.

History of plant The decision about the creation in Saratov of plant by the production of agricultural machines was made in 1929. On the base of this production Saratov aircraft plant was created subsequently. In the first six years of the strenuous labor the association of Saratov aircraft plant introduced large contribution to development of agricultural production in the Volga Region, Siberia, also, in the Far East. Saratov plant of combines was reoriented to the production of aviation equipment in connection with the threat of military attack in the USSR into 1937

Before 1998 Saratov aircraft plant has been a leader of the Russian aircraft industry, has been manufacturing planes for sixty years. Thanks to this it became one of the largest privatized companies in Russia 100 percent of shares owned by employees and retirees since 1991.

First progress The first aircraft R -10 took off , from the airfield of Saratov aircraft plant On October 28 1938, which possessed the enormous for those times speed of 370 km/h and the used as reconnaissance aircraft. test flight the fighter I-28 which designed by V. P. Yatsenko completed In July 1939. This machine was first machine with the air-cooled engine, which at the height of 5000 meters showed the speed of 576 km/h. Plant tested the first jet fighter of the construction Of S. A. Lavochkin LA -15 on April 30 1949. It had extraordinarily light weight for the jet aircraft - 3850 kgf, maximum speed - 1026 km/h, it was light in control.

Mi-4 Helicopter Mi-4 designed by KB Mikhail “Milya” underwent control plant tests on May 28, 1952. By its qualities and by transport possibilities Mi 4 considerably exceeded foreign analogs. This helicopter today widely is using in the national economy of Russia as the passenger, the sanitary, for the extinguishing of forest fires, for the work in the Arctic and Antarctic. On Mi-4 are established 7 world records. This helicopter was of awarded gold medal on the world exhibition in Brussels.

First director Krivokhizhin Alexander Ivanovich grown in the association plant headed at the beginning of 1979. He put much labor into the technical reequipping, introduced the equipment with the programmed control, mastered of new types of aviation equipment, for which it was honored the title of the laureate of the State Prize the USSR. The plant was rewarded with the order the in connection with the 50 th anniversary of October Revolution for direction of Krivokhizhin for the large contribution to development of domestic aircraft construction.

Production and international relations The Saratov Aircraft Plant had almost entirely withdrawn from military production and is developed only modifications of Yak-42 models (Yak-42 A and Yak-42 M) for the civilian market by the early 1990 s. It was also planning to restart production of a modified Yak-40 passenger aircraft and was developing a multi-purpose light airplane the T-401. The plant designed and constructed an experimental saucer-shaped craft called "Ekip". It also began production of consumer goods, such as kitchen utensils, metal toys, children's sleighs, baby carriages, and bicycles. The Saratov Aviation Plant has exported a large proportion of its production of Yak-42 passenger airliners to China and Cuba and has negotiated sales with Israel, India, Italy and Greece.

A landslide drop in the demand for the aircraft in Russia paralyzed entire production activity of plant. It rolled up into the completion of reserve and repair previously released liners. In the repair of aircraft SAZ actually lost competition to Aircraft Maintenance Plant in Bykovsk (BASES). BASES took to repair three Yak-42, two were overhauled, and the third take for itself on account payments. As a result the aircraft factory obtained the specific park of the technology, which it could return into the leasing to airlines

Initial bankruptcy Previous management is blamed of bankruptcy of the Saratov aircraft plant (SAZ) in 2007. The procuratorship of Saratov region developed a criminal case against the former Director-General of the SAZ Alexander Ermishin who had headed enterprise since 1988. He was charged with the abuse of official authorities.

Changed direction A. V. Fomin was appointed CEO of plant instead Ermishin. Arrears were repaid to employees, partially restored infrastructure enterprise in the first year, with the arrival of the new management. The plant has received a number of orders for the repair and maintenance of aircraft.

Cessation of operation of the plant It has sold more than half of the plant along with the buildings and equipment in 20092010. The pit for erecting shop is IKEA was founded on this territory in 2011 year. The plant practically ceased to exist in 2010. All the hangars and runway dismantled, the guard removed, almost all the plant's equipment was looted. Unique documents, photos, and video archives disappeared in dilapidated buildings.