title: Aero A.38
text: # Aero A.38
  
  The Aero A.38 was a Czechoslovakian biplane airliner of the 1920s and 1930s. Following the relatively modern A.35, this aircraft was something of a throwback, marrying a fuselage 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. These latter aircraft were powered by a French Gnome-Rhône engine instead.
  
  ## Variants
  
  * A.38-1 : Fitted with a Walter-built Bristol Jupiter radial piston engine. Three built.
  * A.38-2 : Fitted with a Gnome-Rhône 9A2 Jupiter radial piston engine. Two built.
  
  ## Specifications (A.38)
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: Two (pilot and mechanic)
  * Capacity: 8 passengers
  * Length: 12.8 m (42 ft 0 in)
  * Wingspan: 16.6 m (54 ft 6 in)
  * Height: 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
  * Wing area: 67 $m^2$ (720 sq ft)
  * Empty weight: 1,740 kg (3,836 lb)
  * Gross weight: 3,150 kg (6,945 lb)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Walter-built Bristol Jupiter 9-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, 313 kW (420 hp)
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 190 km/h (120 mph, 100 kn)
  * Service ceiling: 4,800 m (15,700 ft)
  * Rate of climb: 1.77 m/s (348 ft/min)
  * Wing loading: 47 $kg/m^2$ (9.6 lb/sq ft)
  * Power/mass: 0.10 kW/kg (0.06 hp/lb)
  