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A Cossack officer’s son spent two and a half years inside the Douglas factory in California and came home to build almost 5,000 Soviet DC-3s, armed with gun turrets and bomb racks.
Lisunov: the company and the aircraft that made its name
A Soviet engineer in Santa Monica
In November 1936 Boris Lisunov, chief engineer of a Kharkov aircraft plant and a friend of Sergei Ilyushin from their student days, arrived at the Douglas works in Santa Monica. The Soviet Union had bought a licence for the DC-3 that July, and for two and a half years Lisunov documented every part, every tool and the after-sales support. In January 1938 he became technical director of Plant No. 84 at Khimki, and after his boss Vladimir Myasishchev was arrested the programme became his.
1,293 changes
Converting the drawings to metric took 1,293 engineering change orders. Skins were slightly heavier, the passenger door moved to the right, and the engines were Shvetsov ASh-62s, a Soviet development of the Wright Cyclone. The PS-84 began leaving the line in 1939, and 237 had been built when Germany invaded in June 1941. Lisunov evacuated the factory to Tashkent, where it was building aircraft again by January 1942.
The DC-3 that dropped bombs
In war service the PS-84 became the Li-2, and unlike the American C-47 it fought: military versions had a dorsal gun turret and could carry bombs, and served as night bombers, partisan supply and ambulance aircraft. In all 4,937 were built between 1940 and 1954, at Tashkent, Kazan and Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Lisunov died of a heart attack in 1946, shortly after receiving the Order of Lenin. One airworthy Li-2 still flies in Hungary.
Lisunov in numbers
公司
- 简而言之
- Design work from 1936
- Licence for the DC-3 granted 15 July 1936
- Lisunov technical director of Plant No. 84, Khimki, from 1938
- Plant evacuated to Tashkent, 1941
- Boris Lisunov died 1946
生产
- 最出名的是
- 李苏诺夫 Li-2
- 4,937 Li-2s built, 1940–1954
- Built at Khimki, Tashkent, Kazan and Komsomolsk-on-Amur
- Airliner, transport, bomber, reconnaissance and survey versions
今天
- 现在
- 已停业
- One airworthy Li-2, HA-LIX, flies in Hungary
- Tashkent works became the Tashkent Aviation Production Association
这些数字
- Li-2 built
- 4,9371940–1954
- Engineering change orders to the Douglas drawings
- 1,293
- PS-84s built before June 1941
- 237
Every notable Lisunov aircraft
| 飞机 | 角色 | 首航 | 建造 | 地位 | 笔记 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisunov PS-84 / Li-2 | Airliner and military transport (licence DC-3) | 1939 | 4,937 | 已退休 | Military versions with dorsal turret and bomb racks; NATO name Cab |
| Li-2T (Komsomolsk) | 运输 | 353 | 已退休 | Built at GAZ-126 before it switched to MiG-15s |
Where Lisunov built, who led it, what it achieved
工厂
- State Aircraft Plant No. 84 · Khimki, Moscow — Original PS-84 line until the 1941 evacuation
- Tashkent (GAZ-33/GAZ-84) · Tashkent, Uzbek SSR — Main wartime and post-war Li-2 plant
- GAZ-126 · Komsomolsk-on-Amur — 353 Li-2Ts, 1946–1950
人们
- Boris Lisunov · engineer, programme head — 1898–1946; Order of Lenin for the Li-2
- Vladimir Myasishchev · engineer — Led metrication of the drawings before his arrest
Lisunov, year by year
Soviet government receives DC-3 production licence
Lisunov arrives at Douglas, Santa Monica
Lisunov made technical director of Plant No. 84
First PS-84s leave the Khimki line
Plant evacuated to Tashkent
Military PS-84s redesignated Li-2
Death of Boris Lisunov
Li-2 production ends
Restored Li-2 HA-LIX returns to flight in Hungary
Everything people ask about Lisunov
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