Rezerva generală a aviației

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Rezerva generală a aviației
IndustryAerospace
PredecessorWorkshops of the Military Flight School from Cotroceni
Founded1916
Defunct1919
FateMoved to Bucharest, became Arsenalul Aeronautic
SuccessorArsenalul Aeronautic
Headquarters
Iași
,
Romania
Area served
Romania
Key people
Constantin Silișteanu
Petre Macavei

Rezerva generală a aviației (RGA) or the General Aviation Reserve in English was founded during the First World War and was part of the Aeronautical Directorate of the Romanian Army's  [ro]. It operated between 1916 and 1919 in Iași. After the war being 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. [1][2]

History[]

In 1916, the workhops of the Military Flight School from Cotroceni and Băneasa were moved to Iași. The RGA was established in the former slaughterhouse[3] with the material base formed by the materials evacuated from Cotroceni and Băneasa, and with requisitioned tools and machine tools.[1] In the spring of 1917, the organization of the Romanian military aviation also included the RGA, as being subordinated to the Aeronautical Directorate.

During its activity, the RGA assembled and repaired a number of 242[1][4] - 292[2] aircraft (of the 322 received in total) and 545 engines. The planes sent by France with General Berthelot's military mission were also assembled in the RGA workshops.[4]

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 jurney 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.[3]

Engineer Constantin Silișteanu and Lieutenant Petre Macavei took part in the management of the RGA.[1]

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, where the new Arsenalul Aeronautic was set up.[1][2]

List of assembled aircraft[]

A Romanian Nieuport 11

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Nicolae Balotescu (1984). Istoria aviației române (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică. pp. 207–209.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. ^ a b c Ion Gudju, Gheroghe Iacobescu, Ovidiu Ionescu (1974). Romanian Aeronautical Constructions 1905-1974 (PDF).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. ^ a b Alexandru Armă, Valeriu Avram (2017). Aeronautica română în Războiul de Întregire naţională 1916-1919 (in Romanian).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  4. ^ a b Octavian Silivestru (8 January 2021). "De la Arsenalul Armatei la I.A.R. – primele fabrici de avioane (III)". RADOR (in Romanian).
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