Aero A.11

what is it?

The Aero A.11 was a biplane light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft built in Czechoslovakia between the First and Second World Wars. It formed the basis for many other Czechoslovak military aircraft of the inter-war period. Around 250 were built, with some remaining in service at the outbreak of World War II. Designed by Antonin Husnik, it was a development of the Aero A.12 (despite what the numbering of the designs might suggest).

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 12.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 216 km/htop speed
• range 750 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,588 kgmax take-off weight
• built 108made 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 101 years ago, in 1925.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 12.8 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

1925

number built

108

role

light bomber, reconnaissance aircraft

makers

AERO Vodochody Aerospace

engines

1× Breitfield-Danek Perun II / Walter W-IV

crew

2

length

8.2 m

wingspan

12.8 m

height

3.1 m

max take-off weight

1,588 kg

top speed

216 km/h

cruise speed

190 km/h

range

750 km

ceiling

7,000 m

wings

biplane

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

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