Aero A.14

Infobox Aircraft
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name=Aero A.14


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type=Reconnaissance aircraft Airliner/mail plane
manufacturer=Aero Vodochody
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first flight=
introduced=
retired=
status=Retired
primary user=Czech Air Force
more users=Czech Airlines
produced=1920s
number built=
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variants with their own articles=The Aero A.14 was a Czechoslovakian biplane military reconnaissance aircraft built in the 1920s. It was essentially a slightly modified version of the Hansa-Brandenburg B.I aircraft that Aero had been building during World War I as the Ae.10, and for this reason, the aircraft is sometimes referred to as the A.14 Brandenburg. When equipped with a slightly different engine (the Hiero L in place of the standard Hiero N), the aircraft was designated A.15 instead. The two versions were otherwise almost identical.

Even though it was obsolete by the time it entered production in 1922, the A.14 is nevertheless noteworthy for its role in the establishment of Czech airline CSA. A.14s provided by the Czech Air Force served to survey routes that CSA airliners would soon fly, and at least 17 were put into service as mail planes between Prague and Bratislava. They could also carry a single passenger when required.

pecifications (A.14)

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop

crew=2
length main=8.40 m
length alt=27 ft 7 in
span main=12.30 m
span alt=40 ft 4 in
height main= m
height alt= ft in
area main=37.5 m²
area alt=403 ft²
empty weight main=933 kg
empty weight alt=2,050 lb
loaded weight main=1,275 kg
loaded weight alt=2,805 lb
max takeoff weight main=
max takeoff weight alt=

number of props=1
type of prop=Hiero N
power main=170 kW
power alt=230 hp

max speed main=179 km/h
max speed alt=97 knots, 112 mph
range main= km
range alt= nm, mi
ceiling main= m
ceiling alt= ft
climb rate main=1.85 m/s
climb rate alt=364 ft/min
loading main=34 kg/m²
loading alt=7.0 lb/ft²
power/mass main=130 W/kg
power/mass alt=0.08 hp/lb

Operators

* Czechoslovakia
* CSA

ee also

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related=
* Aero A.26
* Hansa-Brandenburg B.I

lists=
* List of mailplanes
* List of military reconnaissance aircraft