Aero A.100

what is it?

The Aero A.100 was a biplane light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft built in Czechoslovakia during the 1930s. It was the final step in a design lineage that extended back to the Aero A.11 a decade earlier. A.100s remained in service throughout World War II and for a few years postwar.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 14.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 270 km/htop speed
• range 900 kmwithout refuelling
• size 3,219 kgmax take-off weight
• built 139made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 93 years ago, in 1933.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 14.7 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1933

number built

139

role

light bomber, reconnaissance aircraft

origin

🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia

makers

AERO Vodochody Aerospace

engines

1× Avia Vr.36

crew

2

length

11.1 m

wingspan

14.7 m

height

3.6 m

max take-off weight

3,219 kg

top speed

270 km/h

range

900 km

ceiling

6,500 m

wings

biplane

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.