Letov Å -33

The aircraft Letov Š -33 is a single-engine, two-to three-seat high-wing aircraft, which was designed as a bomber. The type was developed in the Letov works in Letnany in Prague in Czechoslovakia. The first flight of the machine instead of in 1930. The machine made ​​it but barely off the ground and bounced back again, and it was damaged. After it was repaired and rebuilt, a second experiment in which the machine could rise only a few hundred meters was .. It was only in November 1930 reached the machine in a further flight test their speed. Work on the aircraft should have been canceled until 1932. The design resulted from Alois Smolik.

The machine is probably not completed due to engine problems. Instead, a Letov Š -16 was equipped with the motor provided and used for record flights.

Specifications

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