was reportedly heavily influenced by the Soviet Union, which was then promoting its own similar-sized airliner, the Tupolev Tu-124; despite earlier promises, it no longer wanted to purchase any Baade 152s or provide further support towards its development. Similar curtailing of autonomous aviation-related programmes was carried out throughout the Eastern Bloc during this period. All examples of the aircraft were scrapped. However, during 1995, a restoration effort involving the abandoned 152/II #011 fuselage was initiated at EADS EFW (Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH) in Dresden, which is the direct successor company of VEB Flugzeugwerke Dresden. Furthermore, one consequence of the project's cancellation was that engine manufacturer Industriewerke Ludwigsfelde (IWL) was left with 30 completed Pirna 014 powerplants without any customer for them. These surplus engines were subsequently used to power a number of minesweepers operated by the Volksmarine. Chronology 12 October 1956 – First test run of jet engine Pirna 014 March 1958 – First presentation of airplane 152 and jet engine Pirna 014 at the Leipzig Spring Fair 30 April 1958 – Roll out of first 152/I V1 prototype plane without engines 4 December 1958 – First flight of prototype 152/I V1 for 35 minutes with jet engines Tumansky RD-9 4 March 1959 – Second flight of prototype 152/I V1 for 55 minutes. Plane crashed after rapid descent killing the crew of four. 9 September 1959 – Testing of Pirna 014 jet engines on test plane Ilyushin Il-28R 30 July 1960 – Start of ground testing for 152/II V4 plane 26 August 1960 – First flight of prototype 152/II V4 for 22 minutes with Pirna 014 4 September 1960 – Second flight of prototype 152/II V4 for 20 minutes 7 September 1960 – Roll out of the third prototype 152/II V5 7 September 1960 – Serious fuel system malfunctions during ground tests resulting in grounding both the 152/IIs December 1960 – End of ground testing of prototype 152/II V4 March 1961 – End of Pirna 014 jet engine production 20 June 1961 – Last flight of Pirna 014 jet engine on test plane IL-28R Mid-1961 – Scrapping of all produced 152 planes Specifications (152/II V4) See also References Citations Bibliography Hirschel, Ernst Heinrich., Horst Prem and Gero Madelung. Aeronautical Research in Germany: From Lilienthal until Today. Springer Science & Business Media, 2012. External links 152 Homepage (most of it in German only) Brunolf Baade at Wikipedia Germany Alexejew / Samoljot 150