Aero A.18

what is it?

The Aero A.18 was a biplane fighter aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in the 1920s. It was a development of the Ae 02 and Ae 04 fighters Aero had designed during World War I, but also borrowed from the more recent A.11 reconnaissance-bomber design.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 7.6 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 229 km/htop speed
• range 400 kmwithout refuelling
• size 862 kgmax take-off weight
• built 20made 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 103 years ago, in 1923.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🏔️Can fly 1.0× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

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

spec sheet

first flight

1923-03

retired

1939

status

retired

number built

20

role

fighter aircraft

origin

🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia

makers

AERO Vodochody Aerospace

engines

1× BMW IIIa

crew

1

length

5.9 m

wingspan

7.6 m

height

2.9 m

max take-off weight

862 kg

top speed

229 km/h

range

400 km

ceiling

9,000 m

wings

biplane

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