Aero A.300

A.300
Aero A.300 in 1938
Role Bomber
Manufacturer Aero Vodochody
First flight 1938
Primary user Czechoslovak Air Force
Developed from Aero A.304

The Aero A.300 was a Czechoslovak bomber aircraft that first flew in 1938 as a much refined development of the A.304 (despite what the numbering would suggest).

Designed as a replacement for the obsolete, locally-built Bloch MB.200 bombers Czechoslovak Air Force, the Aero A-304 transport/bomber formed the basis for it's design. The new aircraft mounted Bristol Mercury IX radial engines rated at 610kW/820 hp and carried three machine guns for defense. The A-300 was faster than any other Czechoslovakian aircraft in the inventory except for the Avia B-35 fighter. Despite showing much promise, development and production of the aircraft was interrupted by the outbreak of World War II.

Aero A.300.1, prototype, Summer 1938

Operators

 Czechoslovakia
 Slovakia

Specifications (A.300)

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

See also

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