The Aero A.200 was a sportsplane of

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, designed and built specifically to compete in

Challenge 1934 The Challenge 1934 was the fourth and last FAI International Tourist Plane Contest (french: Challenge International de Tourisme), that took place between August 28 and September 16, 1934, in Warsaw, Poland. The four Challenges, from 1929 to 1934, w ...

, the European touring plane championships. It was a four-seater low-wing

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Flown in competition by Ján Ambruš, the A.200 took fourth place, beaten by the

RWD-9 The RWD 9 was a Polish sports plane of 1934, constructed by the RWD (aircraft manufacturer), RWD team. Development The aircraft was a further development of the RWD 6 - the winner of the ''IIIrd Challenge de Tourisme International'' Challenge 1932 ...

(that took both first and second places for

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) and the

Fieseler Fi 97 The Fieseler Fi 97 was a 1930s German four-seat cabin touring and competition monoplane aircraft designed and built by the German manufacturer Fieseler. Design and development Following the success of their two-seat tourer/trainer the Fieseler ...

(from

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). The other A.200, flown by Vojtěch Žaček, took the 14th place for 34 competitors. They carried registrations OK-AMA and OK-AMB. In a technical evaluation, A.200s scored the 4th result from among aircraft types taking part in the Challenge. They had the best short take-off capabilities in the contest – A.200s needed 74.5-77.6 m to take off and fly over 8-m high gate, although they needed some 118 m to land from above the gate.

Description

Mixed construction low-wing

, braced with wire.

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of a steel frame, covered with wood and canvas, elliptical in cross-section. Rectangular wings of wooden construction, canvas covered, fitted with all-span

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and with flaps. Wings were folding rearwards. Cab had two seats side by side in front, with twin controls, and two seats in the rear, under a common multi-part

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. Fixed

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with a rear skid. Radial engine in fuselage nose, with

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. Two-blade propeller.

Specifications (A.200)

References

*Marian Krzyżan: "Międzynarodowe turnieje lotnicze 1929-1934", Warsaw 1988, (Polish language)

External links

Photo on Challenge 1934 page
{{Czech aircraft 1930s Czechoslovakian sport aircraft Low-wing aircraft A200 Single-engined tractor aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1934

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Description

Specifications (A.200)

See also

References

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