Aero A.21

what is it?

The Aero A.21 was a biplane military trainer aircraft developed in Czechoslovakia from the Aero A.11 reconnaissance-bomber. The aircraft was developed specifically as a night-trainer, to teach Czech Air Force pilots instrument flying techniques.

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

base stats

• speed 170 km/htop speed
• range 340 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,240 kgmax take-off weight
• built 8made 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

• 🚗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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number built

8

role

night trainer aircraft

makers

AERO Vodochody Aerospace

engines

1× Breitfeld & Danek Perun I

crew

2

length

8.1 m

wingspan

12.8 m

height

3.2 m

max take-off weight

1,240 kg

top speed

170 km/h

cruise speed

150 km/h

range

340 km

ceiling

6,500 m

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

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