Aero Vodochody (commonly referred to as Aero, Vodochody is location) is a Czech (and Czechoslovak) aircraft company notable for producing the L-29 Delfin, L-39 Albatros and the L-159 Alca. Czechoslovakia (Czech: ÄŒeskoslovensko, Slovak: ÄŒesko-Slovensko/before 1990 ÄŒeskoslovensko, German: Tschechoslowakei) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1992 (except for the World War II period). ... An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight. ... The Aero L-29 Delfin (Czech: Dolphin, NATO reporting name: Maya) was a military jet trainer aircraft that became the standard jet trainer for the air forces Warsaw Pact nations in the 1960s. ... A Russian L-39 Albatross landing. ... The Aero L-59 Super Albatros is a Czechoslovakian military trainer aircraft developed from the firms earlier L-39. ...

After fall of socialism in Czechoslovakia (1989) and in the rest of the Eastern Europe, the company lost its main market in jet trainers. The sales of military aircraft declined in the early 1990's also in the NATO countries where the entry of a new producer was obviously difficult. Aero collaborated several years with Boeing but this did not help it to compete on international market. Thus the Czech government bought Boeing out. As of 2005 its situation of the company looks bleak. The Velvet Revolution (Czech: sametová revoluce, Slovak: nežná revolúcia) (November 16 - December 29, 1989) refers to a bloodless revolution in Czechoslovakia that saw the overthrow of the communist government there. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Pre-war designs:

• Aero A.10
• Aero A.11
• Aero A.12
• Aero A.14
• Aero A.17
• Aero A.18
• Aero A.19
• Aero A.20
• Aero A.21
• Aero A.25
• Aero A.29
• Aero A.22
• Aero A.23
• Aero A.24
• Aero A.26
• Aero A.30
• Aero A.32
• Aero A.100
• Aero MB.200 (Bloch MB.200)
• Aero A.204
• Aero A.300

Post-war designs: The Aero A.10 was a biplane airliner produced in Czechoslovakia shortly after World War I, the first example flying in 1919. ... The Aero A.11 was a biplane light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft built in Czechoslovakia between the First and Second World Wars. ... The Aero A.12 was a Czechoslovakian biplane light bomber and military reconnaissance aircraft manufactured in small numbers shortly after World War I. Although reminiscent of the Hansa-Brandenburg-designed aircraft that Aero was building during the war under licence as the Ae. ... The Aero A.14 was a Czechoslovakian biplane military reconnaissance aircraft built in the 1920s. ... The Aero A.17 was a small Czechoslovakia in 1922. ... The Aero A.18 was a biplane fighter aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in the 1920s. ... The Aero A.19 was a biplane fighter aircraft designed in Czechoslovakia in 1923 and considered by the Czechoslovakian Air Force against its stablemates the A.18 and A.20. ... The Aero A.20 was a biplane fighter aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in 1923. ... The Aero A.21 was a biplane military trainer aircraft developed in Czechoslovakia from the Aero A.11 reconnaissance_bomber. ... The Aero A.25 was a biplane military trainer aircraft developed in Czechoslovakia from the Aero A.11 reconnaissance_bomber and generally similar to the Aero A.21 night trainer. ... The Aero A.29 was a military Czechoslovakia from the ubiquitous Aero A.11 reconnaissance-bomber. ... The Aero A.22 was a Czechoslovakian biplane civil utility aircraft based on the Aero A.11 reconnaissance-bomber. ... The Aero A.23 was a Czechoslovakian biplane airliner of the 1920s. ... The Aero A.24 was a twin-engined biplane bomber aircraft of the 1920s. ... The Aero A.26 was a Czechoslovakian biplane military reconnaissance aircraft built in the 1920s. ... The Aero A.30 was a biplane light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in the late 1920s. ... The Aero A.32 was a biplane ground attack aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in the late 1920s. ... The Aero A.100 was a biplane light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft built in Czechoslovakia during the 1930s. ... The MB.200 was a French bomber aircraft built by Societé des Avions Marcel Bloch, designed in response to a 1932 requirement for a new day/night bomber. ... The Aero A.204 was a Czechoslovakian airliner that flew in prototype form in 1936. ... The Aero A.300 was a Czechoslovakian bomber aircraft that first flew in 1938 as a much refined development of the A.304 (despite what the numbering would suggest). ...

• Aero 45
• Aero L-60 Brigadyr
• Aero L-29 Delfin
• Aero L-39 Albatros
• Aero L-159 Alca

The Aero 45 was a twin piston-engined civil utility aircraft produced in Czechoslovakia after World War II. It was the first product of the nations post-war aviation industry and proved a great success, with many of the 800 produced exported. ... The Aero L-60 Brigadýr (Czech: Brigadier) was a small, propeller_driven Czechoslovakian STOL utility aircraft developed for both civil and military use. ... The Aero L-29 Delfin (Czech: Dolphin, NATO reporting name: Maya) was a military jet trainer aircraft that became the standard jet trainer for the air forces Warsaw Pact nations in the 1960s. ... A Russian L-39 Albatross landing. ... The Aero L-59 Super Albatros is a Czechoslovakian military trainer aircraft developed from the firms earlier L-39. ...

External link

• Company website