| Aero A.23 | |
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| Role | Airliner |
| Manufacturer | Aero Vodochody |
| Introduction | 1926 |
| Retired | 1936 |
| Primary user | Czech Airlines |
| Produced | 1920s |
| Number built | 7 |
The Aero A.23 was a Czechoslovakian biplane airliner of the 1920s. Aero's previous airliner design, the A.10 had been a relatively crude machine drawing heavily on World War I military aircraft. The A.23, designed in 1925 was relatively modern, although it still seated its pilot in an open cockpit above the passenger cabin. Seven A.23s flew CSA's Prague-Marienbad (Mariánské Lázně) and Prague-Uzhhorod routes between 1926 and 1936.
Specifications (A.23)[]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 8 passengers
- Length: 12.6 m (41 ft 4 in)
- Wingspan: 16.7 m (54 ft 10 in)
- Height: m (ft in)
- Wing area: 67 m² (721 ft²)
- Empty weight: 1,860 kg (4,100 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 3,150 kg (6,950 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Walter-built Bristol Jupiter IV radial engine, 450 hp (340 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 185 km/h (100 knots, 115 mph)
- Range: km (nm, mi)
- Service ceiling: 5,500 m (18,000 ft)
- Rate of climb: m/s (ft/min)
See also[]
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