Aero A.304

Infobox Aircraft
name=A.304


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type=Bomber
manufacturer=Avia
designer=
first flight=1937
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retired=
status=
primary user=Czechoslovak Air Force
more users=Germany, Bulgaria
produced=
number built=19
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The Aero A.304 was a Czechoslovakian bomber aircraft that first flew in 1937. It had originally been developed as an airliner, the A.204, but when Aero could not find buyers for the design, it was militarised and successfully marketed to the Czechoslovak Air Force. It was also exported to Bulgaria, where it was known as the "Pelikan".

Operators

;BUL
*(one unit in service);CZS
*Czechoslovak Air Force;flag|Germany|Nazi
*Luftwaffe(war plunder from Czechoslovak Air Force)

pecifications (A.304)

aircraft specifications
plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop
ref=War Planes of the Second World War: Volume Seven Green 1967, p.45.]
crew=three
capacity=
payload main=
payload alt=
length main= 13.21 m
length alt= 43 ft 3¾ in
span main= 19.20 m
span alt= 62 ft 11¾ in
height main= 3.40 m
height alt= 11 ft 1¾ in
area main= 45.3 m²
area alt= 487 ft²
airfoil=
empty weight main= 3,006 kg
empty weight alt= 6,614 lb
loaded weight main= 4,364 kg
loaded weight alt= 9,601 lb
useful load main=
useful load alt=
max takeoff weight main= 4,670 kg
max takeoff weight alt= 10,275 lb
more general=
engine (prop)= Walter Super Castor I MR
type of prop=9-cylinder air cooled radial engine
number of props=2
power main= 343 kW
power alt= 460 hp
power original=
max speed main=322 km/h
max speed alt= 200 mph, 174 knots
mac speed more= at 1,750 m (5,740 ft)
cruise speed main= 290 km/h
cruise speed alt=180 mph, 157 knots
stall speed main=
stall speed alt=
never exceed speed main=
never exceed speed alt=
range main=1,199 km
range alt=745 mi, 649 NM
ceiling main= 5,800 m
ceiling alt= 19,025 ft
climb rate main= 405 m/min Fact|date=August 2008
climb rate alt= 1,330 ft/min
loading main=
loading alt=
thrust/weight=
power/mass main=
power/mass alt=
more performance=
armament=
* 1 × fixed forward-firing 7.92 mm ZB-30 machine gun
* 1 × 7.92 mm vz30 machine gun in dorsal turret
* 1 × 7.92 mm vs30 machine gun in rearward firing ventral position
* Up to 300 kg (660 lb) of bombs
avionics=

ee also

aircontent
related=
Aero A.204 -
Aero A.300
similar aircraft=
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References

*Green, William. "War Planes of the Second World War: Volume Seven Bombers and Reconnaissance Aircraft". London:Macdonald, 1967.