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Aero A.11
Role Light bomber
Reconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer Aero Vodochody
First flight 1925
Introduction 1920s
Retired 1940s
Primary users Czech Air Force
Finnish Air Force
Number built ~250

The Aero A.11 was a biplane light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft built in Czechoslovakia between the First and Second World Wars. It formed the basis for many other Czechoslovakian military aircraft of the inter-war period. Around 250 were built, with some remaining in service at the outbreak of World War II.

Designed by Antonin Husnik, it was a development of the Aero A.12 (despite what the numbering of the designs might suggest). A Hispano-Suiza 8Fb-powered version, the A.11H-s was built for the Finnish Air Force, the only foreign operator of the type. The Finns had eight aircraft of this type and used them between 1927 and 1939.

Replica Ab.11 in Prague Aviation Museum, Kbely

Variants

Aero Ab.11 L-BUCD

Operators

 Czechoslovakia
 Finland

Specifications (Ab.11)

Data from Tschechoslowakische Flugzeuge : von 1918 bis heute[1]

General characteristics

1,537 kg (3,389 lb) (A.11}[citation needed]
176 kW (236 hp) Walter W.IV (A.11}[citation needed]

Performance

240 km/h (150 mph; 130 kn) (A.11}[citation needed]
7,600 m (24,900 ft) (A.11}[citation needed]
42 kg/m2 (8.6 lb/sq ft) (A.11}[citation needed]

Armament

See also

Related development

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Related lists

References

  1. ^ Tschechoslowakische Flugzeuge : von 1918 bis heute (in German and English) (1st ed.). Berlin: Transpress : VEB verlag fur Verkehrsween. 1987. pp. 166–167. ISBN 3344001213.