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Aero A.34 Kos
🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia ·first flew 1929· light sport aircraft
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Aero A.34 Novak 1929: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. Aero A.34 Kos: neznámý (unknown)· Public domain
what is it?
The Aero A.34 Kos (Czech: "Blackbird") was a small sports and touring biplane built in Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. It was designed in 1929. The design was similar to the De Havilland Gipsy Moth.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 8.8 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 97 years ago, in 1929.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1929
- number built
- 11
- role
- light sport aircraft
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia
- makers
- AERO Vodochody Aerospace
- engines
- 1× Walter Vega
- length
- 6.8 m
- wingspan
- 8.8 m
- height
- 2.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 640 kg
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- range
- 320 km
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q381235, Wikipedia: Aero A.34 Kos (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.