State Aircraft Factory (Bulgaria)

State Aircraft Factory
Native name
Drzhavna Samoletna Fabrika
IndustryAerospace
Founded1938 (1938)
Defunct1954 (1954)
FateClosed
SuccessorBalkan
Headquarters
Lovech
,
Bulgaria
Key people
Tsvetan Lazarov [bg]

State Plane Factory (Bulgarian: Държавна самолетна фабрика) was established in 1938 and operated until 1954 in Lovech.[1]

History

The buildings of the factory were constructed from Polish engineers. In the first years in the factory worked around 50 years. Chief engineer is Dimitar Atanasov, chief of the engineering department – engineer Konstantin Boshnakov, constructors – Boris Bonchev, Anton Daskalov, Peter Hristanov, Dimitar Manolov, Vladimir Vlahov.

Products

LAZ-7
Model name First flight Number built Type
DAR 9 Siniger 54[2][a] Single engine biplane trainer
DAR-10 1941 2[2] Single engine monoplane light bomber
LAZ-7 1948[3]
LAZ-8 1[3]

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ An additional 6 airframes were built by DAR.

Notes

  1. ^ Nikolov, Dimitar (19 December 2012). "Българското самолетостроене" [Bulgarian Aircraft Construction]. Маркетинг Буркан [Marketing Jar] (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b Hayles, John (29 July 2005). "Bulgaria Air Force: Aircraft Types [DAR]". Aeroflight. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b Hayles, John (29 July 2005). "Bulgaria Air Force: Aircraft Types [Lazarov]". Aeroflight. Retrieved 10 April 2022.

Bibliography

  • Karlov, Kiril (2008). Самолетостроенето в България [Aircraft Building in Bulgaria] (in Bulgarian). Sofia: V. Nedkov Publishing House. ISBN 978-954-9462-30-2.