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Additional Information from Internet Encyclopedia
The Aero A.100 was a biplane
light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft built in Czechoslovakia during the
1930s. It was the final step in a design lineage that extended back to the Aero
A.11 a decade earlier. A.100s remained in service throughout World War II and
for a few years postwar.
Design and development
Development of the A.100 was in
response to a Czechoslovak Air Force requirement of 1932 for a uniform
replacement for the A.11s, Aero Ap.32s, and Letov .16s then in service. Work
began with a revision of the Aero A.430 that quickly became quite a different
aircraft.[1] Of standard biplane configuration, the A.100 was a somewhat
ungainly-looking aircraft which was obsolescent by the time of its first flight
in 1933, becoming a member of the final generation of biplane military aircraft
to be designed in Europe.
Operational history
Nevertheless, since the only
other competitor for the air force contract, the Praga E.36, had not flown by
the close of tenders, the A.100 was ordered for production. A total of 44 were
built, in two batches.
Further development
The Aero A.100 was later
developed into Aero A.101 with Praga Isotta Fraschini Asso 1000 RV engine (800
h.p.),[3] first flying in December 1934, this type served in the Spanish Civil
War curiously on both sides of the conflict. Further development led to Aero
Ab.101 (enlarged hull and wings plus Avia Hispano Suiza HS 12 Ydrs engine rated
860 h.p.[3]) produced from 1936 to 1937 and serving in the Czechoslovak Air
Force up to its dissolution in March 1939. Final stage of the development was
Aero A.104, where Ab.101 was converted to a high-wing monoplane with enclosed
cockpit, only one prototype was built in 1937.
Operators
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakian Air Force
Germany
Luftwaffe (small numbers)
Slovakia
Slovak
Air Force (1939-1945)