title: Aero A.26
text: # Aero A.26
  
  The Aero A.26 was a Czechoslovakian military reconnaissance biplane aircraft built by Aero Vodochody in the 1920s. It was Aero's last design to be based on the Hansa-Brandenburg B.I aircraft that the company had been building under licence during World War I as the Ae.10.
  
  It first flew in 1923 and a small series was built. They were later used in the Czechoslovak civilian aviation.
  
  ## Specifications
  
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  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: 2
  * Length: 8.3 m (27 ft 3 in)
  * Wingspan: 12.3 m (40 ft 4 in)
  * Wing area: 38.5 $m^2$ (414 sq ft)
  * Empty weight: 882 kg (1,944 lb)
  * Gross weight: 1,196 kg (2,637 lb)
  * Powerplant: 1 × BMW IIIa 6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine, 138 kW (185 hp)
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 158 km/h (98 mph, 85 kn)
  * Cruise speed: 120 km/h (75 mph, 65 kn)
  * Service ceiling: 6,000 m (20,000 ft)
  * Rate of climb: 2.25 m/s (443 ft/min)
  * Wing loading: 31 $kg/m^2$ (6.3 lb/sq ft)
  * Power/mass: 0.120 kW/kg (0.073 hp/lb)
  
  Armament
  
  * 1 × Machine-gun
  * Light bombs
  
  ## Operators
  
  * Czechoslovakia
  