Aero A.38

Aero A.38

Role	Airliner
Manufacturer	Aero Vodochody
Primary users	Československé Státní Aerolinie CIDNA
Developed from	Aero A.35

The Aero A.38 was a Czechoslovakian biplane airliner of the 1920s and 1930s. Following the relatively modern A.35, this aircraft was something of a throwback, marrying a fuselage derived from the A.35 to wings copied from the A.23. A few served with CSA, and others with French airline Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne. These latter aircraft were powered by a French Gnome-Rhône engine instead.

Variants

A.38-1 : Fitted with a Walter-built Bristol Jupiter radial piston engine. Three built.
A.38-2 : Fitted with a Gnome-Rhône 9A2 Jupiter radial piston engine. Two built.

General characteristics

Crew: Two (pilot and mechanic)
Capacity: 8 passengers
Length: 12.8 m (42 ft 0 in)
Wingspan: 16.6 m (54 ft 6 in)
Height: 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Wing area: 67 m² (720 sq ft)
Empty weight: 1,740 kg (3,836 lb)
Gross weight: 3,150 kg (6,945 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Walter-built Bristol Jupiter 9-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, 313 kW (420 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 190 km/h (118 mph; 103 kn)
Service ceiling: 4,800 m (15,700 ft)
Rate of climb: 1.77 m/s (348 ft/min)
Wing loading: 47 kg/m² (9.6 lb/sq ft)
Power/mass: 0.10 kW/kg (0.06 hp/lb)

Aircraft produced by Aero Vodochody
1919-1938	Ae 01 Ae 02 Ae 03 Ae 04 Ae 10 A.8 A.10 A.11 A.12 A.14 A.15 A.17 A.18 A.19 A.20 A.21 A.22 A.23 A.24 A.25 A.26 A.27 A.29 A.30 A.32 A.34 A.35 A.38 A.42 A.46 A.100 A.101 A.102 A.104 A.125 A.130 A.134 A.200 A.204 A.230 A.300 A.304 A.330 A.430
1945-1992	Ae 45 Ae 50 Ae 145 Ae 245 Ae 345 L-29 L-39 L-59 L-60
1993-present	L-39NG L-159 Ae 270
Under licence	C-3 C-103 D-44 MB.200

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