ECONOMIC-AGRICULTURE, ELECTRIC POWER TRANSPORTATION-AIR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700220145-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 12, 2003
• Sequence Number: 145
• Publication Date: April 9, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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PUBLISHED 14 Aug 1972 - 9 Jan 1953
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
j omment. The following presents Information on the nev refueling
equipment at the Helsinki airport and plans to obtain a spraying plane
and a htlicoptr_r.7
PIEW REFUELING EQUIPMENT AT HELSINKI AIRPORT -- Helsinki, Helsingin Sanomat,
] 4 Aug 57
The Helsinki airport now has a modern refueling system, Which was manufac-
?ured and iratalled by the Oy Esso Ab. Sim?lar refueling facilities exist in
Europe only at the Lisbon airport and at the Keflavik airport in Iceland. The
Helsinki airport le now one of the most completely modern sirports in Europe.
Such equipment ie widely used in North and South America as well as in the ear
East .
The Helsinki system Includes underground tanks, with a total capacity of
90,000 litere. The fuel. is pumped a distance of?+50 meters through underground
pipes to the planr.s, which are secured near the administration building. Small
tank cars distribi.te the fuel from openings in the asphalt surface of tae air-
port. The cars are readily connected to the system and the distributing capac-
ity is thus in~:reased to 70O liters a minute. The entire system is operated
electrically from the administration building. The principal advantage of the
subsurface tank syeten; is the decrease in fire hazard, since large quantities
of gasoline are not stored near the aircraft; yet evc!I the inrgest planes can
be speedily refueled. Twu or more tank cars are generally employed in refuel-
ing the larger planes.
The agricultural organizations of southwest Finland plan to purchase the
first special airplane fcr spraying pests. It will be used mainly to spray
sugar brete and oleaginous plants to prevent the t~rz'eat of pests. The airplane
ehozll.d arrive in Finland rot ]ester than spring 1.953.
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FIRST HELICOPTER DUE N FINLAND -- Helsinki, HelsinRin SRI10oat, 9 Jan 53
Delivery of the helicopter ordered by the Zmatran Voima Oy (Imatra Power
Corporation) from the U5, the first aurh aircraft in Finland, is expected in
March 1953? Two men are being sent to Sweden to be trained as helicopter pi-
lots in a course beginning there ntxt week.
The helicopter will be the Be11 D-1 47 model, having a 200-horsepower en-
gine and a cruising speed of 130 kilometers per hour. This three-place model
carries a pay load of 170 - 180 kilograms, plus 100 meters of towing cable,
and will be equipped with a two-way radio. The aircraft will be used in the
inspection and repair of poser lines.
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