what is it?
The Avia B-34 was a biplane fighter aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in the early 1930s. It was the first design of František Novotný for the Avia company and although built only in small numbers, it paved the way for the Avia B-534.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 9.4 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 94 years ago, in 1932.
- Top speed is 2.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 9.4 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
- 1932-02-02
- number built
- 13
- role
- fighter
- makers
- Avia
- engines
- 1× liquid cooled Avia Vr 36 (Hispano-Siuza HS-12Nbr) engine / Hispano-Suiza 12N
- length
- 7.3 m
- wingspan
- 9.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,730 kg
- top speed
- 315 km/h
- range
- 600 km
- ceiling
- 7,000 m
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q790728, Wikipedia: Avia B-34 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.