Avia B-135

what is it?

The Avia B.135 was a Czechoslovak cantilever monoplane fighter aircraft. It was the production version of the Avia B.35 developed shortly before the war, based on the B.35/3 prototype (with a retracting main undercarriage) but featuring a new all-metal wing.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · low wing · 10.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 535 km/htop speed
• range 550 kmwithout refuelling
• size 2,547 kgmax take-off weight
• built 12made 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 87 years ago, in 1939.
• 🏎️Top speed is 4.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.9 m: about 2 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

1939-06-20

introduced

1942

number built

12

role

fighter

origin

Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia

makers

Avia

engines

1× Avia (Hispano-Suiza) 12Ycrs

length

8.5 m

wingspan

10.9 m

height

1.6 m

max take-off weight

2,547 kg

top speed

535 km/h

cruise speed

460 km/h

range

550 km

ceiling

8,500 m

wings

low wing

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