Czechoslovakia was a small country in the Central Europe. It had a big air force before the Second World War. "There are nearly 2500 pilots and 1514 aircrafts in six corps in their air force." Since 1933, Czechoslovakia was in danger of an attack from Germany. The Czechoslovak Department of Defense was building a big air force and they started developing new types of aircraft.
One of these new types was AVIA-534
A BRIEF HISTORY: This Czechoslovak single seat and double wing fighter ranked among the best and most popular machines in the Czechoslovak air force during the years 1935-1938: Its prototype was test flown in 1934, and first completed aircraft took off on February 2, 1935. Avia completed a total of 566 machines B-534.
| Engine:Hispano
Suiza 12Ydrs all cooled cylinder engine , rated horse
power is 850k in 3100m Dimensions: Span: 9,4m Length: 8,1m Height: 3,1m Briefing surface: 23,5m2 Weight: Take off weight: 1985kg Armament: 4x vz. 30 7,62mm machine guns with 250-300 cartridge machine each. Performance: Max. speed: 406km/h Climbing ability: 16m/sec. Ceiling: 10000m Max. range: up to 600km.
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Other important type of a Czechoslovak aircraft is Letov Š-328.
A BRIEF HISTORY: This Czechoslovak double seat and double wing light bomber ranked among the best and most popular machines in the Czechoslovak air force during the years 1933-1939: Its prototype was test flown on 1933, and first completed aircraft took off on January 3, 1934. Letov (In Czech language "Továrna na letadla", in English language an "aircraft factory") completed a total of 455 machines Š-328.
| Engine:WAlter
Pegas II-M-2in - radial all-cooled nine-cylinder engine,
rated horse power is 580k in 3100m Dimensions: Span:13.71m Length: 10.36m Height: 3,1m Briefing surface: e39.40m2 Weight: weight: 1680 kg Armament: 4x vz. 30 7,62mm machine guns with 250-300 cartridge machine each+2x vz.30 7,62mm flex machine guns. Performance: Max. speed: 325km/h Climbing ability: 16m/sec. Ceiling: 10000m Max. range: up to 600km.
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