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was small, with a large, rounded, balanced rudder which extended down to the keel and worked in a gap between the elevators. All components were steel-framed and fabric-covered.
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354:1,790 kg (3,946 lb)
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523:(361): 5–6.
386:Performance
378:Propellers:
370:9-cylinder
364:Powerplant:
110:1late 1930s
1050:Categories
1015:Aero A.200
459:References
346:Wing area:
196:Jupiter IV
157:single bay
1035:Aero A.32
1030:Aero A.38
1025:Aero A.35
1020:Aero A.23
1010:Avia BH-5
1005:Avia BH-2
1000:Avia BH-1
995:Aero A.34
822:1945-1992
591:1919-1938
521:Les Ailes
334:Wingspan:
322:Capacity:
302:Data from
262:Operators
216:tailplane
118:Aero A.23
19:Aero A.23
1066:Biplanes
585:aircraft
442:See also
380:2-bladed
256:Uzhhorod
204:firewall
185:two-spar
181:ailerons
165:dihedral
133:airliner
125:airliner
42:Airliner
540:10 July
340:Height:
328:Length:
222:. Its
208:plywood
200:airfoil
161:stagger
145:biplane
107:Retired
78:History
941:MB.200
921:DH.50A
905:Ae 270
895:L-39NG
849:Ae 345
844:Ae 245
839:Ae 145
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411:Range:
372:radial
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248:Prague
173:cabane
135:, the
120:was a
988:1920s
931:C-103
900:L-159
834:Ae 50
829:Ae 45
813:A.430
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618:Ae 10
613:Ae 04
608:Ae 03
603:Ae 02
598:Ae 01
316:Crew:
169:chord
86:1920s
936:D-44
879:L-60
874:L-59
869:L-39
864:L-29
859:HC-3
854:HC-2
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738:A.42
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116:The
102:1926
94:1928
38:Type
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318:Two
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244:ČSA
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