Aero A.30

The Aero A.30 was a biplane light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in the late 1920s. It originated as an attempt to improve the performance of the Aero A.11, but soon evolved into quite a different aircraft, larger and more powerful than its predecessor. The aircraft is readily distinguished from other related types by the difference in spans between its wings - the upper set being of much greater span than the lower.

Prototypes of the A.30 were retrospectively designated A.130, with the A.230 the main production version. The A.330 and A.430 featured different, more powerful engines, but the latter of these did not enter production, serving instead as the prototype for the Aero A.100.

Variants

 * A.30:Prototype of a light bomber reconnaissance aircraft, powered by a 500 hp Skoda L radial engine.
 * A.32:Also derived from the A.11, the A.32 was a light reconnaissance bomber powered by a 450 hp Walter Jupiter; 116 aircraft built in several versions. Finnish Air Force examples were powered by 500 hp Isotta-Fraschini Asso 500 V-12 engines
 * A.130:Re-engined with a 500 hp Bristol Jupiter VI.
 * A.230:The main production variant; a two-seat bomber powered by a W-12 Lorraine 12Eb Courlis engine.
 * A.330:Re-engined with a 650 hp Praga ESV
 * A.430:Powered by a Avia Vr-36, the A,430 served as the prototype of the Aero A.100
 * A.100:

Operators

 * Czechoslovak Air Force
 * Czechoslovak Air Force
 * Imperial Iranian Air Force purchased one Aero A.30 from Czechoslovakia in 1923