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Aero A.304
first flew 1937· bomber
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Aero A-304: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Aero A.304 was a Czechoslovak bomber aircraft that first flew in 1937. It had originally been developed as an airliner, the A.204, but when Aero could not find buyers for the design, it was militarised and successfully marketed to the Czechoslovak Air Force.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 19.2 m wingspan
base stats
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 89 years ago, in 1937.
- Top speed is 2.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 19.2 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,199 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1937-08
- introduced
- 1938
- number built
- 19
- role
- bomber
- makers
- AERO Vodochody Aerospace
- engines
- 2× Walter Super Castor IMR
- crew
- 3
- length
- 13.2 m
- wingspan
- 19.2 m
- height
- 3.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 4,364 kg
- top speed
- 322 km/h
- cruise speed
- 290 km/h
- range
- 1,199 km
- ceiling
- 5,800 m
- wings
- monoplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q381231, Wikipedia: Aero A.304 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.