No 30063
Military heritage
Military heritage Latvia, Vidzeme, Rīga

A laboratory to test aviation engines

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11/09/2009
Juris Smaļinskis

An Aviation Engine Testing Lab

Back in Soviet times, to the North of Spilves Street, there was a peculiar structure – two low and rectangular “mega-chimneys” made of red brick, if memory serves, from which the roaring sound of a jet engine could often be heard.