Aero A.12

what is it?

The Aero A.12 was a Czechoslovak biplane light bomber and military reconnaissance aircraft manufactured in small numbers shortly after World War I. Although reminiscent of the Hansa-Brandenburg-designed aircraft that Aero was building during the war under licence as the Ae.10, the A.12 was the company's own design. It is perhaps most significant as the direct descendant of the highly successful A.11 and its various derivatives. An example of the type is preserved at the Letecké Muzeum in Kbely.

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

base stats

• speed 201 km/htop speed
• range 760 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,537 kgmax take-off weight
• built 93made 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

• 🏎️Top speed is 1.5× 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

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status

retired

number built

93

role

light bomber, reconnaissance aircraft

makers

AERO Vodochody Aerospace

engines

1× Maybach Mb.IV

crew

2

length

8.3 m

wingspan

12.8 m

height

3.1 m

max take-off weight

1,537 kg

top speed

201 km/h

range

760 km

ceiling

7,500 m

wings

biplane

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