Avia B-534

what is it?

The Avia B-534 is a Czechoslovak biplane fighter developed and manufactured by aviation company Avia. It was produced during the interwar period. The B-534 was perhaps one of the best-known Czechoslovak aircraft of the era.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 9.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 405 km/htop speed
• range 600 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,980 kgmax take-off weight
• built 502made 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 93 years ago, in 1933.
• 🏎️Top speed is 3.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.4 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.2× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1933-05-25

introduced

1935

status

retired

number built

502

role

fighter aircraft

makers

Avia

engines

1× Hispano-Suiza 12Ydrs

length

8.1 m

wingspan

9.4 m

height

3.2 m

max take-off weight

1,980 kg

top speed

405 km/h

cruise speed

345 km/h

range

600 km

ceiling

10,600 m

wings

biplane

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