JET AIRCRAFT AT ALT LONNEWITZ AIRFIELD

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004800520006-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 18, 2013
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: May 11, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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1.
ALT LOENNEWITZ airfield (E84), trees along
the MARZDOIW-TORGAU road have been felled, opening an &X flight approach
to the new runway. On the field, 24 February 1950, were tro fuel trucka
painted sky blue and two mobile radio stations.
2. The following aircraft were seen: 7 jet fighters of the type based at
GEWENDORF, 38 YAK-91 and 20 FW-190. Conventional types were parked on
hangar aprons and covered with tarpaulinp. All jets were aluminum with
red stars on both sides of the fuselages.
3. Practice flights of jets were observed. Five were aloft at one time, the
other two being parked on the runway near the eastern edge of the field.
Six jet take-offs were observed at close hand. The entire length of the
1,400 meter runway was required, two-thirds being used for gaining speed;
when covering the final third, the plane was sharply nosed down, then
roomed upward at a sharp angle of 50-60 degrees. Before landing, the
planes flew over the field once with landing gear down, making a ride
curve (19500-2,000 meters); the engine was throttled hard, after which
the plane coasted dorn to the runway at a steep angle0 initial contact
was made about 150 meters before the actual start of the runway, this spot
being marked by red flags. Highest flight speed, with landing gear retracted,
Was estimated at 700-750 km per hour.
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runs tnrough the entire fuselage, with intake duct forward, exhaust duct to
the rear. The exhaust duct contains a conical inset (2apfen), the use of
which could not be determined.
5. Also on 24 February 1950, another type of jet flew over TORGAU, circling
the Elbe Bridgeaseveral times at approximately 250 meta it.a. A
its massage form was similar to the YAK-9, with normal YAK
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the exhaust is placed slightly behind the back edges of the wings.
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Ends: Views of Germsndorf?type jet fighter seen at Alt? L8nnevitz airfield
Sketch of YAK?type jet fighter seen over Torgau. (1 page;)
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Views of Germendorf-type jot fighter
seen at Alt Lanneuitz Airfiold on 24
February 1950.
Sketch of YAK-type jot tighter
seen over Torgau on 24 February 1950.
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