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)
  • 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
  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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