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26-513: The company owns Bezymyanka Airport . Before World War II Aircraft Plant No. 18 was founded and worked in the city of Voronezh since March 1932. Since the same year the Voronezh Aircraft Plant No. 18 was producing 11 types of aircraft. Since 1939 it was producing the Il-2 , and to the beginning of 1941 it produced about 1,510 planes of that type. In USSR Kuibyshev Aviation Plant (No.18)

52-570: A division of the United Aircraft Corporation in a merger with Mikoyan , Ilyushin , Irkut , Sukhoi , and Yakovlev by decree of the Russian President Vladimir Putin . Tupolev OKB was founded by Andrei Tupolev in 1922. Its facilities are tailored for aeronautics research and aircraft design only, manufacturing is handled by other firms. It researched all-metal airplanes during the 1920s, based directly on

78-634: A sweptback wing for good subsonic performance. As turbojets were not fuel efficient enough to provide truly intercontinental range, the Soviets elected to design a new bomber, the Tu-20 , more commonly referred to as the Tu-95. It, too, was based on the fuselage and structural design of the Tu-4, but with four colossal Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprop engines providing a unique combination of jet-like speed and long range. It became

104-504: A year of the TU-214 variant and to develop a freighter version to meet Russia's needs. In September 2021, Rustam Minnikhanov , President of Tatarstan was elected chairman of the board of directors of Tupolev. The staff of the Design Bureau has been awarded high state awards and commendations: In 2007 and 2012 for their great contribution to the development of the aviation industry,

130-593: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tupolev Tupolev (Russian: Туполев , IPA: [ˈtupəlʲɪf] ), officially Public Joint Stock Company Tupolev , is a Russian aerospace and defence company headquartered in Basmanny District , Moscow. Tupolev is successor to the Soviet Tupolev Design Bureau ( OKB -156, design office prefix Tu ) founded in 1922 by aerospace pioneer and engineer Andrei Tupolev , who led

156-537: Is only one of the plants producing passenger aircraft was not included in its structure. Negotiations on joining the plant to JSC United Aircraft Corporation are conducted since 2008. In summer 2010, Irkut Corporation , part of the United Aircraft Corporation, has bought 10% stake in Aviakor. However, as of August 2011, did not happen any further increasing the share or entering the representatives of Irkut to

182-603: The Army —2023 forum. The vessel has already passed pilot operation and can be launched in series in 2025. Bezymyanka Airport Bezymyanka Airport is an experimental aerodrome in the Aviakor aviation plant in the city of Samara, Russia . It is located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the Bezymyanka railroad station in the Kirov district of Samara, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of

208-714: The Tu-28 interceptor ) and the Tu-105 , which evolved into the supersonic Tu-22 bomber in the mid-1960s. Intended as a counterpart to the Convair B-58 Hustler , the Tu-22 proved rather less capable, although it remained in service much longer than the American aircraft. Meanwhile, the "K" Department was formed in the Design Bureau, with the task of designing unmanned aircraft such as the Tu-139 and

234-590: The 21st century transport aircraft such as the Tu-204 / Tu-214 , Tu-330 and Tu-334 . Among Tupolev projects from the 1990s to the 2000s: At the MAKS-2003 airshow, Tupolev revealed the Tu-444 supersonic business jet concept; development was intended to start in the first half of 2004, however nothing further came of the program. In early 2023 United Aircraft Corporation confirmed it would get Tupolev to produce 20 aircraft

260-624: The Tu-143 unmanned reconnaissance aircraft. In the 1960s A. N. Tupolev's son, A. A. Tupolev , became active with management of the agency. His role included the development of the world's first supersonic airliner, the Tu-144 , the popular Tu-154 airliner and the Tupolev Tu-22M strategic bomber . All these developments enabled the Soviet Union to achieve strategic military and civil aviation parity with

286-554: The Tu-154 was improved, culminating in the efficient Tu-154M. In the 1980s the design bureau developed the supersonic Tu-160 strategic bomber. Features include variable-geometry wings. With the end of the Cold War , research work was concentrated on subsonic civil aircraft, mainly on operating economics and alternative fuels. The developments include fly-by-wire , use of efficient high-bypass turbofans and advanced aerodynamic layouts for

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312-574: The West. The Tu-144 proved a disappointment, with crashes in 1973 and 1978 resulting in its withdrawal as a passenger aircraft in 1978. In the 1970s, Tupolev concentrated its efforts on improving the performance of the Tu-22M bombers, whose variants included maritime versions. It is the presence of these bombers in quantity that brought about the SALT I and SALT II treaties. Also the efficiency and performance of

338-404: The aviation plants 1 and 18 were evacuated to Kuibyshev (now known as Samara), from Moscow and Voronezh . At the earliest possible date they set up the production of Il-2 aircraft. In the second part of the 20th century, the airport served as the testing ground for a number of Tupolev , Ilyushin , and Antonov aircraft produced by the above-mentioned aviation plants. Since 1958, plant 1

364-481: The board of directors. The plant is one of the few enterprises in Russia that have experience in the field of mass production of civil and military aircraft from parts, assemblies and assemblies of its own production. Over the years the plant has produced Il-2, Tu-4, Tu-94, Tu-154, Tu-142 and other models. During its existence it has produced more than 22.5 thousand aircraft. For 2024 the plant's current activities included

390-633: The city center. To the east of the airport, the Smyshlyaevka airport is located. To the south, the settlements Chkalov , Padovka, and the Samara River . To the north, the Aviakor aviation plant and the TsSKB-Progress plant. The airport has a class 1 rating and can serve most airplane and helicopter types. The total runway length is 3,600 metres (11,800 ft). Founded in 1942, the first runway utilized bricks as its pavement. After World War II ,

416-616: The company for 50 years until his death in 1972. Tupolev designed over 100 models of civilian and military aircraft and produced more than 18,000 aircraft for Russia, the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc since its founding, and celebrated its 100th anniversary on 22 October 2022. Tupolev is involved in numerous aerospace and defence sectors including development, manufacturing, and overhaul for both civil and military aerospace products such as aircraft and weapons systems, and also missile and naval aviation technologies. In 2006, Tupolev became

442-545: The definitive Soviet intercontinental bomber, with intercontinental range and jet-like performance. In many respects the Soviet equivalent of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress , it served as a strategic bomber and in many alternate roles, including reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare . The Tu-16 was developed into the civil Tu-104 . The Tu-95 became the basis of the unique Tu-114 medium-to-long-range airliner,

468-407: The fastest turboprop aircraft ever. One common feature found in many large subsonic Tupolev jet aircraft is large pods extending rearward from the trailing edge of the wings, holding the aircraft's landing gear . These allow the aircraft to have landing gears made up of many large low-pressure tires , which are invaluable for use on the poor quality runways that were common in the Soviet Union at

494-534: The new car is D-70. However in October 2023 it became known that the project had been postponed indefinitely. In December 2022 it became known about Aviakor's intention to supply portholes for MS-21 and SSJ-100 aircraft as part of the import substitution program. The first batch of portholes has already been delivered to the customer. In August 2023, Aviakor presented its new product, the SVP-800 amphibious hovercraft, at

520-537: The overhaul of Tu-154 , maintenance of Tu-154, Tu-95 , An-140 and An-74 aircraft, and the supply of components for various types of aircraft. Since March 2022, Aviakor has been participating in the project to create a new Russian turboprop aircraft TVRS-44 Ladoga developed by Ural Works of Civil Aviation . In June 2022 the authorities of the Samara Region announced their intention to resume production of their own regional aircraft at Aviakor. The working name of

546-632: The pioneering work already done by Hugo Junkers during World War I. Among the notable results during Tupolev's early period were two significant all-metal heavy bombers with corrugated duralumin skins, the ANT-4 twin-engined bomber which first flew in 1925 and the four-engined ANT-6 of 1932, from which such airplanes as the ANT-20 were derived (see Yefim Gordon & Vladimir Rigmant, OKB Tupolev. Hinckley, UK: Midland, 2005. pp. 22–28 & 30–34). Tupolev's design approach in these two airplanes defined for many years

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572-561: The staff of JSC Tupolev was awarded the Gratitude of the President of Russia . On April 18, 2018 the staff of PJSC Tupolev received the gratitude of the President of Russia for their great contribution to the development of the aviation industry and the successes achieved in their work. The high award was presented to Alexander Konyukhov, CEO of PJSC Tupolev, by Arkady Dvorkovich, Deputy Chairman of

598-558: The time. For example, the Tu-154 airliner, the Soviet equivalent of the Boeing 727 , has 14 tyres, the same number as Boeing's far larger 777-200 . Even before the first flights of the Tu-16 and Tu-20/Tu-95, Tupolev was working on supersonic bombers, culminating in the unsuccessful Tu-98 . Although that aircraft never entered service, it became the basis for the prototype Tu-102 (later developed into

624-400: The trends of heavy aircraft development, civil and military. During World War II , the twin-engined, all-metal Tu-2 was one of the best front-line bombers of the Soviets. Several variants of it were produced in large numbers from 1942. During the war it used wooden rear fuselages due to a shortage of metal. This was succeeded by the development of the jet-powered Tu-16 bomber, which used

650-505: Was one of the five largest plants in the aviation industry. During World War II the factory produced 15,099 Ilyushin Il-2s . For more than half a century the plant produced Tupolev , Antonov and Ilyushin -designed aircraft. After problems receiving An-140 supplies, Aviakor filed for insolvency by the end of September 2017. With the creation of United Aircraft Corporation , Aviakor, according to estimate of Sergei Likharev (CEO of Aviakor),

676-630: Was redesigned for the production of space rockets and artificial satellites . The airport also started a charter transportation service to Baikonur and Plesetsk , which continue today. In 1980, the airport was used to transport components of the Energia rocket carrier to Baikonur on the VM-T aircraft in preparation for the Buran Shuttle flight. The runway was extended to a length of 3,600 metres (11,800 ft). This article about an airport in Russia

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