The Avia 57 was a 1930s
Czechoslovak
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*A demonym or adjective pertaining to Czechoslovakia (1918–93)
**First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–38)
**Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–39)
**Third Czechoslovak Republic (1948–60)
** Fourth Czechoslovak Repu ...
14-passenger
commercial transport, designed by
Robert Nebesář
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and built by
Avia
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Band history
AVIA was formed ...
. The type was not a success.
Development
The Avia 57 was a three-engined low-wing
monoplane
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple wings.
A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing con ...
that first flew in 1935.
Powered by three
Hispano-Suiza 9Vd radial engines, it had landing gear that retracted into the nacelles of the wing-mounted engines.
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1930s Czechoslovak airliners
Trimotors
57
Low-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1935