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Thursday, June 14th 2007, 3:57am

Vuzdushni na Negovo Velitchestvo Voiski(Air Force)

Vuzdushni na Negovo Velitchestvo Voiski
His Majesty's Bulgarian Air Force


2 Factories.

Derzhavna Aeroplanna Rabotilnitsa in Bozhurishte near Sofia.

Samoletna Fabrika Caproni Bulgarski (Formerly Czech Aero factory purchased by Caproni in 1930 verified with Red Admiral)

-More to follow-

This post has been edited 4 times, last edit by "JeffreyF" (Jun 14th 2007, 4:53am)


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Sunday, February 17th 2008, 4:37am

Aircraft of the Bulgarian Royal Air Force



[SIZE=3]Q2/37 Lineup:[/SIZE]
Fighters
- 70 Bf 109B "Strela" (72 delivered, 2 written off in accidents)
- 36 Supermarine Spitfire MkI single-engine fighters
- 36 Supermarine Spitfire MkII single-engine fighters
- 48 Fokker/Avia B-135 "Lyastovitsa"
- 24 Eclipse Hurricane "Uragan" multirole heavy fighters
- 36 Fokker G.Ib (equipped for multi-role)
250 types total in service

Bombers
- 36 Spartan Sp-21A Vanquish II "Pobezhdavam" coastal recon and torpedo bombers
- 48 Spartan Sp-21M Vanquish II medium bombers
- 24 Kaproni-Bulgarski KB 6/KB 309 Papagal (twin-engine recon/attack planes)
- 18 Accrisius DBN-1 Banshee "Viya" dive bombers
- 18 Accrisius DB-1 Sereia "Pishtya" dive bombers
- 96 Ilyushin IL-2 Sturmovik attack planes
240 types total in service

Other
- 162 Fieseler Fi 156 army cooperation
- 36 License-built Focke-Wulf Fw44 twin-seat biplane trainers
- 12 Focke-Wulfe Fw58 trainers
- 78 Kaproni Bulgarski KB-5 Tchutchuliga-III (on order)
- 78 DAR/Avia DAR-3 Garvan-III (Raven-III) (on order)
- 48 DAR/Avia DAR-7 SS.1 Koketka (Kitten) (on order)
- 6 Latecoeur Late-298 Seaplane Torpedo Bombers
- 12 Dornier Do 24 Flying Boats
- 28 Messerschmitt Me-108 liaison
922 types total in service

Altogether about 450 aircraft in service.

This post has been edited 6 times, last edit by "Brockpaine" (Jul 19th 2008, 7:40pm)


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Saturday, March 8th 2008, 9:07am

Fighters


1935 Paint Scheme for Bulgarian Bf109 fighters.

HP: 1175 at takeoff, 1000 at 12,140 feet
Span: 32 ft 4.5 inch/ 9.86m
Length: 28 ft 4.5 inch/ 8.64m
Speed, fully loaded:
-- 290 mph at sea level
-- 307 mph at 3,280ft
-- 322 mph at 6,560ft
-- 348 mph at 14,560ft
-- 336 mph at 19,685ft
Cruising speed 300 mph at 13,120 ft
Range: 410 miles
Rate of climb: 3280ft/min 17.83 m/sec
Ceiling: 34450 ft/ 10500 meters

72 aircraft being delivered between September 1935 and June 1936.

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General characteristics
Crew: One pilot
Length: 32 ft 3 in (9.83 m)
Wingspan: 45 ft 0 in (13.72 m)
Height: 11 ft 7 in (3.53 m)
Wing area: 250 ft² (23 m²)
Engines: 2 x Eclipse Federation (1000 hp each)
Empty weight: 8,310 lb (3,770 kg)
Loaded weight: 10,356 lb (4,697 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 11,410 lb (5,175 kg)

Performance
Maximum speed: 360 mph (560 km/h)
Range: 808 miles (1,300 km)
Service ceiling 30,315 ft (9,240 m)
Rate of climb: 1.550 ft/min (474 m/min)
Wing loading: 41 lb/ft² (204 kg/m²)
Armament
2 x 20 mm cannon in nose (60 rounds per gun, 120 rounds total); 4 x 12.7mm machine guns in nose
2 x 250 lb (115 kg) or 500 lb (230 kg) bombs

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[SIZE=4]Avia B-135/DAR-11[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]Specifications:[/SIZE]
Length: 27 ft 11 in (8.50 m)
Wingspan: 35 ft 8 in (10.85 m)
Height: 8 ft 6 in (2.60 m)
Wing area: 183 ft² (17.0 m²)
Weight: 4,548 lb (2,063 kg)
Crew: 1
Powerplant: 1 × Avia 12Ycrs, 640 kW (860 hp)

[SIZE=3]Performance:[/SIZE]
Speed: 332 mph (535 km/h)
Rate of climb: 2,660 ft/min (13.5 m/s)
Ceiling: 27,890 ft (8,500 m)
Range: 340 miles (550 km)
Remarks:

[SIZE=3]Armament:[/SIZE]
- 1 × 20 mm MG FF cannon
- 2 × 7.92 mm wz.30 machine guns

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[SIZE=4]Supermarine Spitfire MkI (for Bulgaria)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]Specifications:[/SIZE]
Length: 29 ft 11 in (9.12 m)
Wingspan: 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Height: 11 ft 5 in (3.86 m)
Wing area: 242.1 ft² (22.48 m²)
Weight: 5,090 lb (2,309 kg) empty, 6,622 lb (3,000 kg) loaded
Crew: 1
Powerplant: 1× Rolls-Royce Merlin

[SIZE=3]Performance:[/SIZE]
Speed: 362 mph (583 km/h)
Rate of climb: 2,490 ft/min at 10,000 ft (3,000 m)
Ceiling: 31,900 ft (9,700 m)
Range: Ferry range: 900 nmi
Remarks:

[SIZE=3]Armament:[/SIZE]
- 2 × 15mm MG151 cannon
- 4 × 7.92mm MG17 machine guns

This post has been edited 2 times, last edit by "Brockpaine" (Jul 27th 2008, 1:05am)


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Saturday, March 8th 2008, 11:26pm

Bombers

All purchased from Atlantis starting Q3/1935 running to Q4/1936.


Accrisius DBN-1 "Banshee"


Accrisius DB-1 Sereia


Spartan Sp-21A Vanquish II


Spartan Sp-21M Vanquish II

See the Atlantean Naval Strike Aircraft thread or the Atlantean Land-Based Aircraft thread for further details.

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Brockpaine" (Jul 27th 2008, 1:12am)