Hovatia

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**Hovatia Company** (Krasnoc: Cnoczип Деplнzy) is a Krasnoc aircraft designer and manufacturer. Pavel Sergey Hovatia, Purdo Yelikov, and the Krasnoc government founded it in May 1930. Its head office is in Nozkovas District, Eastern Administrative Area, Kemevrov.

## General information

### Motto

"To create quality aircraft for the future."

### Divisions

* Military Research and Design Insitute (Former, government-owned)
* Design Division
* Development Division

## History

### Origins

In 1921, nine years before the founding of Hovatia, Pavel Sergey Hovatia, a new aerospace engineer, had made new friends when he was assigned to reverse-engineer and study an Airco DH.4 bought from Great Britain. One of his friends was Purdo Yelikov, another aerospace engineer.

In 1926, the Krasnoc government established a design bureau based in Novorossitim. The bureau had hired Pavel and Purdo as their designers.

In 1929, the bureau fired Pavel and Purdo after a crash involving a reconnaissance aircraft they had worked on. In 1931, an inquiry proved Pavel and Purdo innocent after an investigation team discovered the cause of the accident to be pilot error.

After being fired from the bureau, Pavel and Purdo established their bureau, as they were confident that they were experts. It was named HY-6. It would be known as early Hovatia. It quickly went defunct in January 1930.

In April 1930, the government opened the Jneosky project, funding new aviation companies. Pavel and Purdo saw this as a chance to have their bureau.

### Founding

Hovatia was founded in May 1930 under government funding, with 11 experienced employees. The two founders were Pavel Sergey Hovatia, an expert Russian-Krasnoc aerospace engineer, and Purdo Yelikov, a Krasnoc aerospace engineer who was a friend of Pavel. The company started with its first aircraft, Hovatia HV-1, in 1931.

The government had funded Hovatia as a part of their Jneosky project.

### Rise

Hovatia saw a rise throughout the 1930s to the 1940s, making military aircraft. Their significant aircraft were:

* **Hovatia HV-2**. A trainer aircraft. It was nicknamed "*The Teacher.*"
* **Hovatia H-14**. A light bomber developed by Purdo Yelikov. It could carry 800 kg (about 1763 pounds) of ordinance. It also performed relatively well and was able to defend itself.
* **Hovatia HB-8**. A prototype airliner. It showed high efficiency in performance and capacity. *Krasnoc Civil Aviation* (Now Krasnovsky Air) later transferred design and development work to Livchenko Design Bureau.

### Cold War

In 1947, Hovatia made a decision that they should convert to civil aircraft. Hovatia had tried to finish all unfinished military projects. Hovatia gave the development work of these projects to other manufacturers.

Hovatia had changed to be a civil aircraft manufacturer. Hovatia announced they would no longer make military aircraft in 1978.

Unfortunately, in 1955, Pavel Sergey Hovatia died of natural causes. Key government officials attended his funeral.

Hovatia would become Krasnovsky's primary regional aircraft manufacturer. They produced aircraft such as the **Hovatia HB-10**, a twin piston-engined regional airliner. Its small size helped it become *Krasnoc Civil Aviation*'s backbone. It could land on most unpaved airfields. In 1959, Hovatia produced its first jet aircraft. It was an experimental regional airliner with a turbojet engine on top. Krasnoc Transportation Board classified it as **Hovatia HB-12P**.

Hovatia went on to develop lots of aircraft. Significant ones include:

* **Hovatia HB**-**20**. A medium-range, narrow-body, twin turbojet-powered airliner. It was capable of carrying 120 passengers over a distance of 3,000 km. It was the backbone of *Krasnoc Civil Aviation* after the Hovatia HB-10 was retired. First flight in 1960.
* **Hovatia HN-25**. Former Krasnoc president Andrew Yozhikov used it as his business jet. First flight in 1965.
* **Hovatia NB-26**. Single-engined piston engine agricultural aircraft. Krasnoc farmers liked it. First flight in 1946.
* **Hovatia HV-30**. Single-engined turboprop aerobatic aircraft with impressive agility. Krasnoc pilots liked it. It can do every maneuver in the Aresti catalog. First flight in 1959.

### Present day

From the 1990s to the 2010s, Hovatia designed 17 aircraft. Most of them were airliners and utility aircraft. In 2000, Hovatia created a long-range, twin-engine, wide-body aircraft named the **Hovatia Range** **400**, also known as **the Hovatia R400**. Capable of flying up distances to 15,500 km (9631 mi, 8369 nmi)