TSAGI

'TsAGI' is a transliteration of the Russian abbreviation for Центра́льный аэрогидродинами́ческий институ́т (''ЦАГИ'') or "'Ts'entralniy 'A'ero'g'idrodinamicheskiy 'I'nstitut", the 'Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute'.
It was founded in Moscow by the pioneer of Russian aviation, Nikolai Yegorovich Zhukovsky on December 1, 1918.
Since 1935 it is located at the city of Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast.
It is roughly the equivalent to some of United States' NACA and NASA programs.
Among its latest developments are the rocket Energiya and the Space Shuttle Buran.

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Notable engineers

Aircraft

References

External links

Notable engineers

★ Pavel Sukhoi

★ Andrei Tupolev

Aircraft

As of August 2006 the following aircraft is registered to TsAGI:

★ 1 Antonov An-12 ^[1]

References

1. Flight International, 3-9 October 2006

External links

★ TsAGI official website

★ TsAGI on Google Maps