Aero A.23

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

Related lists

• List of airliners