Smolensk Aviation Plant

Technoavia SM92 Finist of Target Skysports lifts skydivers to the jump altitude at Hibaldstow, England

The Smolensk Aviation Plant (SmAZ) is a Russian aircraft production and servicing company. Founded in 1926, since 1993 it has been a Joint stock company.

History

The facility was founded in 1926 as "Aviation Repair Plant No.3", in 1928 it was redesignated "Plant No.35". Between 1941 and 1944 it was relocated to Kuybyshev as part of "Plant #1". Until 1966, it was known as "Plant #475" of the NKAP (Narodny Kommissariat Aviatsionnoy Promyshlennosti, People's Commissariat for Aviation Industry). It was renamed again in 1967 as the "Smolensk Machine Building Plant" of MAP (Ministerstvo Aviatsionnoy Promyshlennosti, Ministry for the Aviation Industry). It received its present name in 1974. On July 1, 1993 it was privatized, and has since operated as a joint stock company.

List of production/serviced aircraft

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Coordinates: 54°49′08″N 32°02′38″E / 54.819°N 32.044°E / 54.819; 32.044

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