Zmaj Aircraft Explained

Zmaj
Type:Joint stock company
Industry:Aerospace
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Founded:[1]
Fate:Nationalised and merged with Ikarus in 1946
Successor:Ikarus
Hq Location City:Zemun
Hq Location Country:Serbia
Areas Served:-->
Key People:Dušan Stankov
Owners:-->

Zmaj, officially named Fabrika aeroplana i hidroaviona Zmaj (English: Airplane and Hydroplane Factory Zmaj), was a Yugoslav aircraft manufacturer.

History

The company was founded in 1927 and it was the third aeronautical factory in Serbia. At the beginning it manufactured aircraft under French license, and in 1932 it started with local planes designed by Jovan Petrović and Dragoljub Šterić. Several types of aircraft were manufactured by Zmaj, among them passenger Spartans for the domestic airliner Aeroput. Zmaj workshops manufactured 359 aircraft up until 1946, when the factory stopped manufacturing for aviation industry purposes and the company was nationalised and merged with Rogožarski into Ikarus.[2]

Aircraft

Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
Zmaj Fizir F1192536Single engine biplane trainer
Zmaj Fizir FN1929137Single engine biplane trainer
Zmaj Fizir FP193381Single engine biplane trainer
Zmaj R-119401Single engine monoplane bomber
Zmaj HD.32045License built single engine biplane trainer
Zmaj H.4110License built single engine biplane floatplane trainer
Zmaj D.273[3] License built single engine monoplane fighter
Zmaj GL.226License built single engine monoplane fighter
Zmaj HE 81[4] License built single engine monoplane floatplane reconnaissance airplane
Zmaj Cruiser II1License built three engine monoplane airliner
Zmaj Fury16License built single engine biplane fighter
Zmaj Hurricane24[5] License built single engine monoplane fighter

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Živan . Veljović . Пет деценија Змаја . Five Decades of Zmaj . 1972 . IPM Zmaj Zemun . Belgrade . Serbian.
  2. Web site: Hayles . John . Yugoslavia: The Aviation Industry . Aeroflight . 11 April 2022 . 11 February 2003.
  3. Web site: Девоатин D.27 . Dewoitine D.27 . Удружења за неговање ваздухопловних традиција Србије . Association for Nurturing Aviation Traditions of Serbia . 12 April 2022 . Serbian . 24 June 2015.
  4. Web site: Хајнкел He-8 . Heinkel He-8 . Удружења за неговање ваздухопловних традиција Србије . Association for Nurturing Aviation Traditions of Serbia . 12 April 2022 . Serbian . 27 April 2014.
  5. Web site: Хокер Харикен . Hawker Hurricane . Удружења за неговање ваздухопловних традиција Србије . Association for Nurturing Aviation Traditions of Serbia . 12 April 2022 . Serbian . 10 September 2015.