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Aero A.11


Day and Night Reconnaissance / Multi-purpose Aircraft


Czechoslovakia | 1925



"The Aero A.11 was a multirole biplane airframe that saw several major variants produced for its time in the air."

Power & Performance
Those special qualities that separate one aircraft design from another. Performance specifications presented assume optimal operating conditions for the Aero A.11 Day and Night Reconnaissance / Multi-purpose Aircraft.
1 x Walter W.IV 8-cylinder liquid-cooled engine developing 240 horsepower and driving a two-bladed propeller at the nose.
Propulsion
149 mph
240 kph | 130 kts
Max Speed
24,934 ft
7,600 m | 5 miles
Service Ceiling
466 miles
750 km | 405 nm
Operational Range
751 ft/min
229 m/min
Rate-of-Climb
Structure
The nose-to-tail, wingtip-to-wingtip physical qualities of the Aero A.11 Day and Night Reconnaissance / Multi-purpose Aircraft.
2
(MANNED)
Crew
26.9 ft
8.20 m
O/A Length
42.0 ft
(12.80 m)
O/A Width
10.2 ft
(3.10 m)
O/A Height
2,381 lb
(1,080 kg)
Empty Weight
3,395 lb
(1,540 kg)
MTOW
Armament
Available supported armament and special-mission equipment featured in the design of the Aero A.11 Day and Night Reconnaissance / Multi-purpose Aircraft .
STANDARD:
1 x 7.7mm Vickers machine gun in fixed, forward-firing mounting.
2 x 7.7mm Lewis machine guns on trainable mounting in rear cockpit.

OPTIONAL:
Up tp 441lb of conventional drop stores.
Variants
Notable series variants as part of the Aero A.11 family line.
A.11 - Base Designation
Ab.11 - Day Light Bomber
A.11HS - Finnish Export Model Designation
A.11N - Night Bomber
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The Aero A.11 was a successful multirole performer for the Czech Army Air Force during the interwar years separating the two World Wars. Equally respected for its adaptability and capability, the A.11 was designed from the outset as a multi-purpose airframe to replace the aging series of aircraft still in service at the time. In the end, the Aero A.11 would see no fewer than 20 different variant types, owing much to the inherently adaptable design envisioned when the aircraft first flew in 1925.

The A.11 was of traditional biplane arrangement featuring an over and under primary wing element. It maintained World War 1-era fighter traits such as open-air cockpits and fixed undercarriage. The crew numbered two with the pilot and his observer / gunner seated in tandem within the slab-sided fuselage. The upper wing element was fitted just ahead and around the pilot with the single liquid-cooled engine mounted forward of this (driving a two-bladed propeller unit).

A single 7.7mm Vickers Machine Gun in a fixed, forward-firing mounting was fitted for attack and managed by the pilot. The rear gunner had access to a 2 x 7.7mm Lewis Machine Gun pairing atop a flexible mounting. A modest bomb load of 441lb could also be carried for attack sorties.

The engine of choice became the Walter W IV series engine of 240 horsepower. Performance included a maximum speed of 150 miles per hour, a service ceiling of 25,000 feet and a range out to 470 miles. Rate-of-climb was 751 feet -per-minute.

The Aero A.11 was seen in its typical twin-seat reconnaissance platform but was equally adept in the role of day (as the Ab.11) or night (as the A.11N) bombing. Another notable variant was the A.11HS, an export version shipped off to Finland - the only other operator of the series. Eight were used by the Finns up until World War 2 in 1939. By the 1940s the line had all but been discarded.

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Operators
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Total Production: 250 Units

Contractor(s): Aero Vodochody - Czechoslovakia
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Side profile view illustration of an Aero A.11; color

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