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 Czechoslovakian bomber aircraft that first flew in 1938 as a much refined development of the A.304 (despite what the numbering would suggest). Despite showing much promise, development and production of the aircraft was interrupted by the outbreak of World War II.

Specifications (A.300)

General characteristics

• Crew: 3
• Length: 13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)
• Wingspan: 19.2 m (63 ft 0 in)
• Height: 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)
• Wing area: 46 m² (500 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 3,955 kg (8,719 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 6,040 kg (13,316 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Bristol Mercury IX 9-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engines, 610 kW (820 hp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 470 km/h (292 mph; 254 kn)
• Range: 900 km (559 mi; 486 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 8,300 m (27,231 ft)

Armament

• Guns:
  
• 1 × fixed forward-firing 7.92 mm ZB-30 machine gun
• 1 × 7.92 mm ZB-30 machine gun in dorsal turret
• 1 × 7.92 mm ZB-30 machine gun in rearward-firing ventral position
• Bombs: Up to 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) of bombs

See also

Related development

• Aero A.204
• Aero A.304
  

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

• Avia B-158