The Aero A.38 was a

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

biplane A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While ...

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of the 1920s and 1930s. Following the relatively modern A.35, this aircraft was something of a throwback, marrying a

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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 CFRNA ("The French-Romanian Company for Air Transport"; french: Compagnie franco-roumaine de navigation aérienne; ro, Compania franco-română de navigație aeriană) was a French–Romanian airline, founded on 1 January 1920. Its name changed ...

''. These latter aircraft were powered by a French Gnome-Rhône engine instead.

Variants

* A.38-1 : Fitted with a

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-built

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

Specifications (A.38)

References

A038 Biplanes Single-engined tractor aircraft 1920s Czechoslovakian airliners {{aero-1920s-stub

Variants

Specifications (A.38)

See also

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