Aero A.25
Role Trainer aircraft
Manufacturer Aero Vodochody
First flight 1920s
Primary user Czechoslovakia

The Aero A.25 was a biplane military trainer aircraft developed in Czechoslovakia from the Aero A.11 reconnaissance-bomber and generally similar to the Aero A.21 night trainer.

Some A.25s were powered by the less powerful 134 kW (180 hp) Breitfeld & Danek Perun I engines, in which case they were designated Aero A.125.

Specifications (Aero A.25)

Data from Tschechoslowakische Flugzeuge : von 1918 bis heute[1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 8.1 m (26 ft 7 in)
  • Wingspan: 12.8 m (42 ft 0 in)
  • Height: 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
  • Wing area: 36.2 m2 (390 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 985 kg (2,172 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1,270 kg (2,800 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × BMW IIIa 6-cylinder qater-cooled in-line piston engine, 136 kW (182 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 160 km/h (99 mph, 86 kn)
  • Service ceiling: 6,500 m (21,300 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 4 m/s (790 ft/min)
  • Wing loading: 35 kg/m2 (7.2 lb/sq ft)
  • Power/mass: 0.110 kW/kg (0.067 hp/lb)

Operators

See also

Related lists

  • List of military trainer aircraft

References

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  1. ↑ Tschechoslowakische Flugzeuge : von 1918 bis heute (in German and English) (1st ed.). Berlin: Transpress : VEB verlag fur Verkehrsween. 1987. p. 67. ISBN 3344001213.
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