Aero A.101

Aero A.101
Role Light bomber
Reconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer Aero Vodochody
Produced 1930s
Number built 50


The Aero A.101 was a biplane light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft built in Czechoslovakia during the 1930s.

Design and development

It was an attempt to improve the Aero A.100 by enlarging it and fitting it with a more powerful engine. However, even with 33% more power, performance was actually inferior, and the Czechoslovak Air Force was not interested in the type. Production did result, however, when 50 were ordered by Spanish Republican forces for use in the Spanish Civil War. Some of these aircraft were captured by Nationalists while en route and used against their original buyers.[1]

Local demand eventually was forthcoming, and a re-engined version was produced as the Ab.101.

Operators

 Czechoslovakia
 Slovakia
 Spain
 Spain

Specifications (A.101)

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

See also

Related development


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References

External links

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