Aero A.30

what is it?

The Aero A.30 was a biplane light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft. It was built in Czechoslovakia in the late 1920s. It originated as an attempt by Aero to improve the performance of the Aero A.11, but soon evolved into quite a different aircraft, larger and more powerful than its predecessor.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 15.3 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 198 km/htop speed
• size 2,375 kgmax take-off weight
• built 79made 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 15.3 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

number built

79

role

light reconnaissance bomber

origin

🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia

makers

AERO Vodochody Aerospace

engines

1× Lorraine 12E Courlis / Škoda L

crew

2

length

10 m

wingspan

15.3 m

max take-off weight

2,375 kg

top speed

198 km/h

range

—

ceiling

5,800 m

wings

biplane

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