Darzhavna aeroplanna rabotilnitsa (''Държавна аеропланна работилница'' - State Aircraft Workshops), abbreviated DAR (''ДАР''), was the first Bulgarian aircraft manufacturer, established in 1924 at

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History

Initially involved in repairing German aircraft then in use in Bulgaria, DAR soon began producing copies of some of these (

DAR Uzunov-1 The DFW C.IV, DFW C.V, DFW C.VI, and DFW F37 were a family of German reconnaissance aircraft first used in 1916 in World War I. They were conventionally configured biplanes with unequal-span unstaggered wings and seating for the pilot and observer ...

, DAR 2), 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 (

DAR 1 __NOTOC__ The DAR 1 Peperuda (butterfly) was a 1920s Bulgarian two-seat touring or trainer biplane, designed by Hermann Winter and built by the DAR – '' Drjavna Aeroplane Rаbotilnitsa'' – State Aircraft Workshops.Orbis 1985, p. 1295 Design ...

DAR 3 The DAR 3 Garvan ('Raven' or 'Laz-3') was a 1930s Bulgarian single-engine, multipurpose reconnaissance and auxiliary aircraft. Design and development The aircraft was a multipurpose close air support biplane developed by the '' Drjavna Aeroplane ...

DAR 4 The DAR 4 was a prototype airliner built in Bulgaria in 1930. Design and development The DAR 4 was a conventional biplane A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled ...

DAR 6 The DAR 6 was a 1930s Bulgarian two-seat basic or advanced biplane training aircraft. Design and development The DAR 6 was designed by Zevtan Lazarov. It was constructed by the Bulgarian State Aircraft Workshops (DAR). The aircraft was a co ...

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DAR 9 __NOTOC__ The DAR-9 Siniger, was a trainer produced in Bulgaria during World War II. Design and development To provide the Bulgarian Air Force with a modern trainer, DAR took out a licence to build the Focke-Wulf Fw 44J. The first series, po ...

, DAR 11), while others never proceeded past prototype stage (

DAR 5 Dar or DAR may refer to: Settlements * Dar es Salaam, the largest city of Tanzania and East Africa * Dar, Azerbaijan, a village * Dar, Iran, a village People * Dar (tribe), a Kashmiri tribe in India and Pakistan * Aleem Dar, Pakistani cricke ...

DAR 7 Dar or DAR may refer to: Settlements * Dar es Salaam, the largest city of Tanzania and East Africa * Dar, Azerbaijan, a village * Dar, Iran, a village People * Dar (tribe), a Kashmiri tribe in India and Pakistan * Aleem Dar, Pakistani crickete ...

DAR 10 The DAR 10 (ДАР 10) was a Bulgarian light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft. DAR-10 was designed for horizontal and dive bombing, reconnaissance, and ground attack. Design and development The DAR 10 was designed by Zvetan Lazarov in 1938 in ...

). Although aircraft manufacture was moved to the Darzhavna Samoletna Fabrika (''Държавна самолетна фабрика'' - State Airplane Factory, abbr. ''ДСФ'' - DSF) in Lovech in 1940, designers remained in DAR. 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 The Avia B.135 ( RLM designation Av-135) was a Czechoslovak cantilever monoplane fighter aircraft. It was the production version of the Avia B.35 developed shortly before the war, based on the B.35/3 prototype but featuring a new all-metal wing. ...

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. Although not direct legal successor, in 1995 a newly established private company called

Aeroplani DAR Aeroplanes DAR Ltd (''"Аероплани ДАР" ЕООД'' - DAR aeroplanes EOOD) is a privately owned Bulgarian aircraft manufacturer based in Sofia, established in 1995. The company produces ultralight aircraft. The company name commemorates ...

based its name and heritage on DAR.

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Romanian Military History Forum: Bulgarian Aircraft Production (1910-1945)
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