Dobrolyot
Dobrolyot, or sometimes Dobrolet, was an early
History
The Dobrolyot society was created in the
The basic objectives were the organisation of airmail, cargo and passenger lines, aviation related solutions of national economic problems (for example, aerial photography of localities) and also the development of the domestic aircraft industry. For example, Dobrolyot constructed airports and weather stations.[5] Territorially, activity of this organisation covered Russia and Central Asia.
In 1929, Dobrolyot and the similar organisations of other Soviet republics
On October 29, 1930, Dobrolyot was abolished, forming the basis for the Central administration of the Civil air fleet (GU GVF), later becoming Aeroflot. Up until that time, the society's flight routes totaled 26,000 km in length; 47,000 passengers and 408 tonnes of cargo had been transported.
In 1932, all civil aviation activities were consolidated under the name of Grazhdansky Vozdushny Flot (Civil Air Fleet), known as Aeroflot.
In 1993, in Russia, the Dobrolyot Aviation Company
See also
References
- ^ The Military Writings of Leon Trotsky Volume 5: 1921-1923
- ^ US Centennial of Flight Commission: The Beginnings of Soviet Civil Aviation Archived May 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Uzbekistani Reference document detailing the history of civil aviation in Central Asia
- ISBN 9780521859578.
- ^ ISBN 978-0691087184.
- ^ Soviet Union Review, vol. 3. London: Information Department of the Trade Delegation of the U.S.S.R. July 7, 1923. p. 332.
Further reading
- Aircraft. Encyclopedia. M.: Large Russian Encyclopedia. 1994. p. 736. ISBN 978-5-85270-086-5.