Aero A.32

infobox Aircraft
name =Aero A.32
type = Reconnaissance - bomber
manufacturer =Aero

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caption =Incomplete A.32 in the Finnish museum
designer =
first flight =1927
introduced =1928
retired =1944
status =
primary user = Czechoslovak Air Force
Finnish Air Force
more users =
produced =
number built = 116
unit cost =
variants with their own articles =The Aero A.32 was a biplane built in Czechoslovakia in the late 1920s for army co-operation duties including reconnaissance and tactical bombing. While the design took the Aero A.11 as its starting point (and was originally designated A.11J), the aircraft incorporated significant changes to make it suited for its new low-level role.

Like the A.11 before it, the A.32 provided Aero with an export customer in the Finnish Air Force, which purchased 16 aircraft in 1929 as the A.321F and A.32GR (which spent most of their service lives as trainers). They were assigned numbers AEj-49 - AEj-64 and were used until 1944. At least one fuselage has survived, preserved at the Finnish Air Force Museum (in storage, as of 2003).

A total of 116 of all variants were built.

Variants

* A.321F : Attack version for Finland, powered by a 450-hp (336-kW) Isotta Fraschini Asso Cassia piston engine.
* A.32GR : Attack version for Finland, powered by a 450-hp (336-kW) Gnome-Rhone built Bristol Jupiter radial piston engine.
* Ap.32 : Improved version for the Czech Air Force. Also known as the Apb.32.

Operators

*CZS
*FIN

pecifications (A.32)

aircraft specifications
plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop
ref=
crew=two, pilot and observer
capacity=
payload main=
payload alt=
length main= 8.20 m
length alt= 26 ft 11 in
span main= 12.40 m
span alt= 40 ft 8 in
height main= 3.10 m
height alt= 10 ft 2 in
area main= 36.5 m²
area alt= 393 ft²
airfoil=
empty weight main= 1,046 kg
empty weight alt= 2,301 lb
loaded weight main= 1,917 kg
loaded weight alt= 4,217 lb
useful load main=
useful load alt=
max takeoff weight main=
max takeoff weight alt=
more general=
engine (prop)= Gnome-Rhone built Bristol Jupiter
type of prop=radial engines
number of props=1
power main= 313 kW
power alt= 420 hp
power original=
max speed main= 226 km/h
max speed alt= 141 mph
cruise speed main=
cruise speed alt=
stall speed main=
stall speed alt=
never exceed speed main=
never exceed speed alt=
range main= 420 km
range alt=262 miles
ceiling main= 5,500 m
ceiling alt= 18,040 ft
climb rate main= 171 m/min
climb rate alt= 561 ft/min
loading main=53 kg/m²
loading alt=10.7 lb/ft²
thrust/weight=
power/mass main=160 W/kg
power/mass alt=0.10 hp/lb
more performance=
armament=
* 2 × forward-firing .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine guns
* 2 × .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis machine guns in flexible mount for observer
* Up to 12 × 10 kg (22 lb) bombs
avionics=

ee also

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related=
Aero A.11
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External links

* [http://www.airwar.ru/enc/other1/aero32.html Photos at Ugolok Neba site]