Aero A.11

The Aero A.11 was a two-seat biplane of the Czech company Aero, továrna letadel Dr. Kabeš from Prague, which was used for both civilian and military purposes.

History

The machine was, although the lower type designation initially not indicate suggests, a further development of the Aero A.12. It was produced in several variants since 1923 due to its successful construction. So it was easily possible to equip the machine with different engines. A total of about 440 machines were manufactured in different variants.

The machine was popular due to their robustness and reliability in the pilot. For that time the A.11 also was considered fast and agile airplane, with which some records were set. So put a A.11 in September 1925 on the Czech record in continuous flight of 13 hours and 15 minutes. With an ex -11 engine ( ID: L- BUCD ) was in 1926 by Vilem Stanovský and Frantisek Simek within 91 hours and served a total of 52 minutes 23 countries and thereby covered over 15,000 km. A very special record with a A.11HS, the Chief Pilot of Aero, Josef Novák in 1927 to - he flew 225 loops within 45 minutes.

Construction

Fuselage and wings of the Aero A.11 consisted of a cloth-covered wooden construction. The two wings have a different length, only the upper surface and longer equipped with an aileron. The crew sat in two open cockpits. The suspension consisted of a sprung by means of rubber rope main landing gear, the two wheels were connected to a live axle, and a rigid tail skid.

Variants

Below of the 22 variants of the A.11 the main versions:

Military user

Specifications

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