Aero A.25

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.

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

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) ^{[citation needed]}
• Wing area: 36.2 m² (390 sq ft) ^{[citation needed]}
• Empty weight: 985 kg (2,172 lb) ^{[citation needed]}
• Gross weight: 1,270 kg (2,800 lb) ^{[citation needed]}
• 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) ^{[citation needed]}
• Service ceiling: 6,500 m (21,300 ft) ^{[citation needed]}
• Rate of climb: 4 m/s (790 ft/min) ^{[citation needed]}
• Wing loading: 35 kg/m² (7.2 lb/sq ft) ^{[citation needed]}
• Power/mass: 0.110 kW/kg (0.067 hp/lb)^{[citation needed]}

Operators

• Czechoslovakia.

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 für Verkehrsween. 1987. p. 67. ISBN 3344001213.