NEWS (February, 2005)

CSC 'Aviastar-SP' PR Department. Tel.: 29-17-18, 29-28-07, 29-09-22 e-mail:d483@aviastar-sp.ru

AT CSC “AVIASTAR-SP” MANUFACTURING OF NON-AIRCRAFT PRODUCTS IS DEVELOPING

   At CSC “Aviastar-SP” much attention is paid to fulfillment of machine-building profile orders. Thus, several problems can be solved at the same time: attraction of additional monetary means, maintenance of equipment working capacity, retention of technologies and jobs.
    In 2004 due to orders of machine-building profile 77,172,000 rub were attracted, products for the sum of 73,642,000 rub were manufactured and shipped to the customers. Among the customers, the number of which is about 60, there is JSC “Aviaagregat” (Samara), JSC “UAZ”, CSC “Vestra-plastic” (Samara), LLC “Gazstroy”.
    According to the words of Valery Sherstyanov, Director on Marketing and Sales of Machine-Building Profile Products, - in 2005 we are to do work regarding several interesting projects: JSC “Verkhnyaya Salda Metallurgical Production Association” – mechanical handing of aluminum and titanium plates and castings, CSC “Tekhnokom-Avia” (St. Petersburg) – production of fixtures for high-pressure hoses, JSC “Kazan Engineering Centre” – equipment for metro tunneling, LLC “Shark” (Saratov) – components for boats etc. At present products, manufactured at CSC “Aviastar-SP”, are in brisk steady demand, which is sure to be satisfied due to production possibilities and highly skilled specialists.

CSC “AVIASTAR-SP” APPROVED THE BUDGET FOR 2005

    On January 6, in Moscow, the Board of Directors of CSC “Aviastar-SP” worked out and approved the budget for 2005.
    The priority of the current year is the manufacturing of 3 TU-204-100 aircraft for Russian airlines and its 3 export versions. The scheduled maintenance action and modification of the operated TU-204-100s will be carried out as well as production increase of the aerospace output and products of engineering profile.
    The Board of Directors of “Aviastar-SP” confirmed the changes of the control authority structure. The objective of the changes is optimization and transparency of business activities and improvement of manageability.

TU-204-300 AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION TESTS ARE CLOSE TO BE COMPLETED

Certification tests of TU-204-300 aircraft new modification at CSC “Aviastar-SP” are close to be completed. Two aircraft with serial numbers 026 and 038 are taking part in the vast test program.
    The aircraft 026, having carried out a greater part of test flights, has finished participating in the program and has been placed to the final assembly shop to be equipped with an exclusive interior and a passengers entertainment system according to the customer special requirements (Ilyushin Finance & Co, “Vladivostok Avia”).
    The aircraft 038 is at the flight-test center preparing to carry out check flights, which are the final stage in the certification tests program. According to the words of Leonid Isaev, Deputy Chief Engineer, the aircraft is to carry out several check flights, including the flight to Vladivostok.
    After drawing up the documents, CSC “Aviastar-SP” and JSC “Tupolev” will be ready to bring their creation to the attention of Aviation Register of Interstate Aviation Committee and State Scientific Research Institute of Civil Aviation, which gives the certificate, allowing aircraft production and sales.
    The specialists of Design Bureau named after Tupolev, State Committee of Civil Aviation and Air Navigaton arrives to CSC “Aviastar-SP” to complete tests.

EXCEPTIONAL RESULT OF THE TU-204-300 AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION TEST

The TU-204-300 certification test of the emergency evacuation at night was successfully conducted at CSC ‘Aviastar-SP’. The test represented the imitation of the emergency landing at night with 50% of exits not functioned as a result of fire or the door deformation (the TU-204-300 is equipped with 8 exits). As the conditions of the test dictated, passengers were allocated on board without outerwear, all windows were closed with the light-proof curtains. Nobody knew which door the evacuation would be carried out through. 155 workers of CSC ‘Aviastar-SP’, 62 of which are women, agreed to participate in the test. All participants were of different ages, without previous training, nobody participated in such events before. For the imitation of the presence of 2-year-old children, 3 special models were made. The evacuation was performed through 3 doors, according to the foreseen scenario the 4th and 5th doors were blocked. Three streams of passengers run out to the ground from the height of 4 meters and exactly in 92 seconds all 163 participants (including the crew) were ‘saved’. The result: the evacuation through 4 doors within the 90 seconds limit went off within 92 seconds through 3 doors. The result proved the emergency evacuation capacity of 160 passengers through 3 doors. The possibility of eliminating of 2 front exits for the performance and layout improvement was submitted for consideration.