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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Letov Š-20(Kbely): Smolik· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Letoun Š.20: PepaHolik· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Letov Š-20 01 00082058: SDASM Archives· Public domain
- 4. Letov Š-20: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 5. Předsériový Š-20 čelní pohled: fotografie je starší než 80 let· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Předsériový Š-20: fotografie je starší než 80 let· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Letov Š-20 was a fighter aircraft produced in Czechoslovakia during the 1920s.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 9.6 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 101 years ago, in 1925.
- Top speed is 2.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 9.6 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
- 1925
- number built
- 115
- role
- fighter
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia
- makers
- Letov
- engines
- 1× Škoda-built Hispano-Suiza 8Fb / Bristol Jupiter / Hispano-Suiza 8Fb
- crew
- 1
- length
- 7.4 m
- wingspan
- 9.6 m
- height
- 2.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,050 kg
- top speed
- 258 km/h
- range
- 528 km
- ceiling
- 7,250 m
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q355804, Wikipedia: Letov Š-20 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.