State Aircraft Factory (Bulgaria)

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

State Aircraft Factory

Native name	Drzhavna Samoletna Fabrika
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	1938 (1938)
Defunct	1954 (1954)
Fate	Closed
Successor	Balkan
Headquarters	Lovech , Bulgaria
Key people	Tsvetan Lazarov [bg]

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

• Darzhavna Aeroplanna Rabotilnitsa