Rezerva generală a aviației
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The assembly of Nieuport fighters at the main workshop of RGA, 1917
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Industry | Aerospace |
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Predecessor | Workshops of Cotroceni and Băneasa |
Founded | 1916 |
Defunct | 1919 |
Fate | Moved to Bucharest , became Arsenalul Aeronautic |
Successor | Arsenalul Aeronautic |
Headquarters | , |
Area served
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Romania |
Key people
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Constantin Silișteanu
Petre Macavei |
Rezerva generală a aviației (RGA) or the General Aviation Reserve in English was a Romanian aircraft factory founded during the First World War . [1] It operated between 1916 and 1919 in Iași . After the war it was transferred to Bucharest and renamed to Arsenalul Aeronautic . The maintenance, repair, and assembly of the aircraft and aircraft engines received by Romania during the war took place here. [2]
History
On 27 September 1916, the workshops of the Flight School from Băneasa and Cotroceni were moved to Iași. [3] The RGA was established in the former slaughterhouse [1] with the material base formed by the materials evacuated from Cotroceni and Băneasa, and with requisitioned tools and machine tools. [4] In the spring of 1917, the organization of the Romanian military aviation also included the RGA, as being subordinated to the Aeronautical Directorate of the Romanian Army 's General Headquarters [ ro ] . [5]
During its activity, the RGA assembled and repaired a number of 242 [6] [7] - 292 [2] aircraft and 545 engines. The planes sent by France with General Berthelot 's military mission were also assembled in the RGA workshops. [7]
The aircraft received by Romania arrived at the ports of Arkhangelsk and Murmansk , and were then transported by train to Odessa before reaching Romania. Due to the long journey through Russia , a lot of airplanes arrived with severely damaged parts, thus leaving it up to the engineers and designers from RGA to manufacture new ones. [8] Engineer Constantin Silișteanu and Lieutenant Petre Macavei took part in the management of the RGA. [9]
The activity of the RGA ended in November 1919 when the material and the majority of the personnel were transferred to Bucharest on the field of Cotroceni. On 1 July 1920, it was renamed to Arsenalul Aeronautic . [2] [10]
List of assembled aircraft
The workshops of RGA assembled the following airplanes: [lower-alpha 1]
Model name | Number | Type |
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Bréguet-Michelin | 12 [11] | Bomber |
Bréguet 5 | 20 [11] | Bomber & Escort fighter |
Caudron G.4 | 20 [11] | Reconnaissance bomber |
Farman F.40 | 120 [11] | Reconnaissance |
Nieuport 11 | 18+ [12] [lower-alpha 2] | Fighter |
Nieuport 17 | 30 [11] | Fighter |
Nieuport 21 | 10+ [11] | Fighter |
Nieuport 23 [13] | Fighter | |
Nieuport 24bis | 12 [11] | Fighter |
Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter | 72 [11] | Multi-role biplane |
SPAD VII | 1 [13] | Fighter |
See also
References
- 1 2 Avram & Armă 2018 , p. 5.
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Ion Gudju, Gheroghe Iacobescu, Ovidiu Ionescu (1974).
Romanian Aeronautical Constructions 1905-1974
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: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter ( link ) - ↑ Balotescu 1984 , p. 585.
- ↑ Balotescu 1984 , p. 104.
- ↑ Balotescu 1984 , p. 116.
- ↑ Balotescu 1984 , p. 125.
- 1 2 Octavian Silivestru (8 January 2021). "De la Arsenalul Armatei la I.A.R. – primele fabrici de avioane (III)" . RADOR (in Romanian).
- ↑ Avram & Armă 2018 , p. 16.
- ↑ Balotescu 1984 , p. 105.
- ↑ Balotescu 1984 , p. 207.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Antoniu 2014 , pp. 44–54.
- ↑ Avram & Armă 2018 , p. 12.
- 1 2 Avram & Armă 2018 , pp. 42–43.
Notes
Bibliography
- Avram, Valeriu; Armă, Alexandru (2018). Aeronautica română în Războiul de Întregire națională 1916-1919 (in Romanian). Editura Vremea. ISBN 978-973-645-853-8 .
- Balotescu, Nicolae (1984). Istoria aviației române (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică. OCLC 895118866 .
- Antoniu, Dan (2014). Illustrated History of Romanian Aeronautics . Bucharest. ISBN 978-973-0-17209-6 .
Romanian aerospace industry
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