Aero A.29

what is it?

The Aero A.29 was a military biplane developed in Czechoslovakia from the ubiquitous Aero A.11 reconnaissance-bomber. Aero equipped it with floats and it served as a target tug for training anti-aircraft gunners.

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

base stats

• speed 196 km/htop speed
• size 1,677 kgmax take-off weight
• built 9made 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 100 years ago, in 1926.
• 🚗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

1926-10-05

introduced

1927

retired

1936

status

retired

number built

9

role

floatplane

makers

AERO Vodochody Aerospace

engines

1× Breitfeld & Danek Perun II

crew

2

length

9 m

wingspan

12.8 m

height

3.1 m

max take-off weight

1,677 kg

top speed

196 km/h

cruise speed

150 km/h

range

—

ceiling

6,700 m

landing gear

floatplane

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

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