Aero A.11

| primary_user = [[Czech Air Force]]

| primary_user = [[Czech Air Force]]

| more_users = [[Finnish Air Force]]

| more_users = [[Finnish Air Force]]

| produced = 1924-1928

| produced = 1924–1928

| number_built = 108

| number_built = 108

| variants = [[Aero A.12]]<br />[[Aero A.21]]<br />[[Aero A.25]]<br />[[Aero A.29]]

| variants = [[Aero A.12]]<br />[[Aero A.21]]<br />[[Aero A.25]]<br />[[Aero A.29]]

}}

}}

The '''Aero A.11''' was a [[biplane]] [[light bomber]] and [[reconnaissance aircraft]] built in [[Czechoslovakia]] between the [[World War I|First]] and [[World War II|Second]] World Wars. It formed the basis for many other Czechoslovakian [[military aircraft]] of the inter-war period. Around 250 were built, with some remaining in service at the outbreak of World War II.

The '''Aero A.11''' was a [[biplane]] [[light bomber]] and [[reconnaissance aircraft]] built in [[Czechoslovakia]] between the [[World War I|First]] and [[World War II|Second]] World Wars. It formed the basis for many other Czechoslovak [[military aircraft]] of the inter-war period. Around 250 were built, with some remaining in service at the outbreak of World War II.

Designed by [[Antonin Husnik]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fronta.cz/letecky-konstrukter-antonin-husnik | title=Letecký konstruktér Antonín Husník }}</ref> it was a development of the [[Aero A.12]] (despite what the numbering of the designs might suggest). A [[Hispano-Suiza 8]]Fb-powered version, the '''A.11H-s''' was built for the [[Finnish Air Force]], the only foreign operator of the type. The Finns had eight aircraft of this type and used them between 1927 and 1939.

Designed by [[Antonin Husnik]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fronta.cz/letecky-konstrukter-antonin-husnik | title=Letecký konstruktér Antonín Husník }}</ref> it was a development of the [[Aero A.12]] (despite what the numbering of the designs might suggest). A [[Hispano-Suiza 8]]Fb-powered version, the '''A.11H-s''' was built for the [[Finnish Air Force]], the only foreign operator of the type. The Finns had eight aircraft of this type and used them between 1927 and 1939.

[[File:Replica Aero Ab-11 L-BUCD (8236059976).jpg|right|thumb|Replica Ab.11 in Prague Aviation Museum, Kbely]]

[[File:Replica Aero Ab-11 L-BUCD (8236059976).jpg|thumb|Replica Ab.11 in Prague Aviation Museum, Kbely]]

The Aero A.11 was the basis of the later [[Aero A.25]] [[Aero A.29]], [[Aero A.30]], and [[Aero A.32]] aircraft.<ref>{{cite book |last=NÉMEČEK |first=Václav |author-link= |date=1983 |title=Československá letadla I (1918-1945), 3rd ed. |url= |location=Prague |publisher=Naše vojsko |page=77–78, 250–251 |isbn=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=ŠOREL |first=Václav |author-link= |date=2005 |title=Encyklopedie českého a slovenského letectví |url= |location=Brno |publisher=CP Books |page=40 |isbn=80-251-0733-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jirout |first1=Jar |date=September 1930 |title=Pozorovací letouny firmy Aero typu AP-32 |url= |journal=Letectví |volume=10 |issue=9 |pages=338–341 |doi= |access-date=}}</ref>

The Aero A.11 was the basis of the later [[Aero A.25]] [[Aero A.29]], [[Aero A.30]], and [[Aero A.32]] aircraft.<ref>{{cite book |last=NÉMEČEK |first=Václav |author-link= |date=1983 |title=Československá letadla I (1918-1945), 3rd ed. |url= |location=Prague |publisher=Naše vojsko |page=77–78, 250–251 |isbn=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=ŠOREL |first=Václav |author-link= |date=2005 |title=Encyklopedie českého a slovenského letectví |url= |location=Brno |publisher=CP Books |page=40 |isbn=80-251-0733-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jirout |first1=Jar |date=September 1930 |title=Pozorovací letouny firmy Aero typu AP-32 |url= |journal=Letectví |volume=10 |issue=9 |pages=338–341 |doi= |access-date=}}</ref>