AB Svenska Järnvägsverkstädernas Aeroplanavdelning
AB Svenska Järnvägsverkstädernas Aeroplanavdelning (Swedish Railroad Workshops' Air Plane Department, ASJA) was a company making aircraft in Linköping, Sweden.
History
The company was started as a subsidiary company of ASJ (AB Svenska Järnvägsverkstäderna, Swedish Railway Workshops Co). The company was started in the 1930s headed by Sven Blomberg, earlier designer at Svenska Aero. In 1932 ASJA bought Svenska Aero from Carl Clemens Bücker.
During 1936 ASJA entered talks with Bofors about creating a common company for design and manufacturing of aircraft. In January 1937 they agreed to share the stock between them 50-50 and on March 31, 1937 they formed AB Förenade Flygverkstäder (AFF).
The co-operation within AFF didn't work out so in March 1939 it was decided Svenska Aeroplan AB (Saab) would be reformed and take over ASJA.
Aircraft types built
- ASJA F1
- ASJA L1 Viking
- ASJA L2 (military designation Ö 9)
- ASJA L10 (later became Saab 17)
- ASJA L11 (later became Saab 18)
- ASJA Viking II
- de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth
- Focke-Wulf Fw 44J Stieglitz
- Hawker Hart
- North American NA-16
- Northrop 8A-1
- Raab-Katzenstein RK-26 Tigerschwalbe
- Svenska Aero SA-14
- Svenska Aero SA-15