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General information
Type	Utility aircraft
Manufacturer	Aero Vodochody, Let Kunovice
Primary users	Czechoslovakia China, East Germany, France, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, USSR and Switzerland
Number built	590
History
Manufactured	1947–1961
First flight	21 July 1947

The Aero 45 was a twin piston-engined civil utility aircraft produced in Czechoslovakia after World War II. Aero Vodochody produced the aircraft in 1947–1951, after which the Let Kunovice rolled out these planes until 1961. In 1958 the Ae-45S became the first Czechoslovak plane to cross the Atlantic Ocean. It was the first product of the nation's postwar aviation industry and proved a great success, with many of the 590 produced being exported.

Design and development

Development began 1946 and was accomplished by the technical designers Jiři Bouzek, Ondřej Němec and František Vik. The design bears a superficial resemblance, when viewed nose-on, to the much larger German Siebel Si 204 which, among other German aircraft were produced in Czechoslovakia while under German occupation. The prototype (registered OK-BCA) flew for the first time on 21 July 1947 and the second, registered OK-CDA, one year later. Flight testing ran without incidents and the type was released for series production in 1948. The model number of "45" was not a continuation of Aero's pre-war numeration scheme, but a reference to the 4/5 seats in the aircraft.

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Aero Vodochody

Aero Vodochody Siebel Fh 104 Hallore,
known as the Aero 145 Kócsag ("Egret")

General Info

Crew: 1
Capacity: 3-4 passengers
Length: 7.77 m (25 ft 6 in)
Wingspan: 12.25 m (40 ft 2 in)
Height: 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Wing area: 17.1 m² (184 sq ft)

Powerplant

Empty weight: 960 kg (2,116 lb)
Gross weight: 1,500 kg (3,307 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 1,600 kg
Fuel capacity: 324 L
Powerplant: 2 × Avia M 332-III 4-cylinder air-cooled inverted in-line piston engines, 100 kW (140 hp) each

Performance

Maximum speed: 282 km/h (175 mph, 152 kn) at 1,600 kg (3,500 lb) AUW
Cruise speed: 250 km/h (160 mph, 130 kn) at 1,600 kg (3,500 lb) AUW
Range: 1,700 km (1,100 mi, 920 nmi)
Service ceiling: 5,900 m (19,400 ft)
Service ceiling one engine out: 2,200 m (7,200 ft)

Aircraft of comparable role

Special Links Aero Vodochody Siebel Fh 104 Hallore, known as the Kócsag ("Egret"))

Links to Youtube & Others

Aero was founded in 1919 and had built a reputation even in the pre-war years of pioneering design and construction methods, the very clean and streamlined Ae-45 design showed that the company had not lost the abilities to develop modern aircraft.

Aero Aero 145 Kócsag

The Ae-45 was designed by a team of five men: Miroslav Baitler, Jiří Bouzek, Ondřej Němec, Pavel Rosendorf and František Vlk.

Youtube Link

The ultimate version of this aircraft family, the Ae-145, was developed by Let and built by them from 1959 to 1963.

Aero Vodochody
Aero 145 , known as the Kócsag ("Egret")