Darzhavna Aeroplanna Rabotilnitsa


Darzhavna aeroplanna rabotilnitsa, abbreviated DAR, was the first Bulgarian aircraft manufacturer, established in 1924 at Bojourishte.
Initially involved in repairing German aircraft then in use in Bulgaria, DAR soon began producing copies of some of these, before moving on to licensed production of the Focke-Wulf Fw 44. The workshops produced a number of original designs, some of these were produced, while others never proceeded past prototype stage.
Although aircraft manufacture was moved to the Darzhavna Samoletna Fabrika in Lovech in 1940, designers remained in DAR. Tsvetan Lazarov was DAR's head designer towards the end of the organisation's lifespan. Amongst others, he was responsible for its final design, the DAR 11 fighter of 1941 that never left the drawing board. DAR was closed after 1945 and the personnel and facilities were moved to the DSF in Lovech.
In 1995, a newly established private company in Sofia - called Aeroplani DAR, continued the DAR series. Thus, declares the new company in its website, it is partially reinstating the legendary Bulgarian state aircraft workshops from the first half of XX-th century.

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