Aero A.101

what is it?

The Aero A.101 was a biplane light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft built in Czechoslovakia during the 1930s. 30 A.101s were built for the Czechoslovak Air Force in 1935–1936. The Spanish Civil War resulted in the surviving 28 aircraft being sold to the Spanish Republican forces in 1937, but a ship carrying some of the A.101s was captured by the Nationalists on the way to Spain, resulting in the type being used by both the Republican and Nationalist sides of the war.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 17 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 265 km/htop speed
• range 845 kmwithout refuelling
• size 4,260 kgmax take-off weight
• built 95made 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 92 years ago, in 1934.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 17 m: about 4 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

1934

number built

95

role

light bomber, reconnaissance aircraft

makers

AERO Vodochody Aerospace

engines

1× ČKD-Praga Asso 800 / Asso 1000

crew

2

length

12.1 m

wingspan

17 m

height

3.9 m

max take-off weight

4,260 kg

top speed

265 km/h

range

845 km

ceiling

5,600 m

wings

biplane

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