1/72 Czechoslovak Aero Ab-101 Bomber

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1. Aero Ab-101.49, 73. letka, 5.LP, Brno, 1938

There was not the expected increase in speed over its predecessor, although climb rate and range increased slightly. The aircraft also carried a larger bomb load and improved its ability to operate from shorter runways at field airfields. The type was produced mainly because it was not possible to start the production of aircraft of a more modern design in the short term. In operation at field airfields, where the machines spent the time almost continuously from the end of May to the beginning of October 1938, the wooden parts of the wings got wet, therefore the aircraft had a limited speed in descending flight to 300 km/h. In a fight in suitable weather with the use of cloud cover, they could also serve effectively during the day. The planes carried bombs weighing up to 200 kg, some in the fuselage bomb bay, some on hangers under the wing. During the mobilization in 1938, he served in the Czechoslovak Republic. air force 60 pieces of these machines.