Aero Vodochody
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| Industry | Aerospace and defence |
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| Founded | February 25, 1919 |
| Headquarters | Odolena Voda, Czech Republic |
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Key people
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Ladislav Šimek (Chairman) |
| Products | Military aircraft |
| Owner | Penta Investments |
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Number of employees
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1,683 (31.12.2013)[1] |
| Website | www |
Aero Vodochody (commonly referred to as Aero; Vodochody is a location) is a Czech (and Czechoslovak) aircraft company, active from 1919, notable for producing the L-29 Delfin, L-39 Albatros, L-59 Super Albatros and the L-159 Alca.
After the fall of the Communist government in Czechoslovakia (1989) and in the rest of Central Europe, the company lost a major portion of its main market in jet trainers. Sales of military aircraft declined in the early 1990s in Eastern Europe as well as in NATO countries where the entry of a new producer was obviously unwanted. Aero was controlled for several years, 1998 to 2004, by Boeing.[2]
At the end of October 2006 Aero Vodochody was privatized once again. A Czech-Slovak investment group Penta Investments bought it for roughly 3 billion CZK.[3][4]
Currently, Aero Vodochody produces the Sikorsky S-76, center wing box for the Alenia C27, door subassemblies for the Embraer 170 and Embraer 190, cockpit for the UH-60, gun bay doors for the F/A-18 Super Hornet, subassemblies and parts for the Airbus A320 family, fixed leading edge kits for the Boeing 767[5] and the L-159.[6]
Aero is also likely to upgrade the runway at its Vodochody Airport near Prague to international airport standards which would serve mainly the low-cost air-carriers and charter flights heading to Prague.[7]
Contents
Aircraft
Pre-World War II
- Aero Ae 01 (1919, trainer based on Hansa-Brandenburg B.I)
- Aero Ae 02 (1920, fighter)
- Aero Ae 03 (1921, prototype reconnaissance aircraft)
- Aero Ae 04 (1921, prototype fighter developed from the Ae 02)
- Aero A.10 (1922, airliner)
- Aero A.11 (1924, reconnaissance/light bomber developed from the A.12)
- Aero A.12 (1923, reconnaissance/light bomber)
- Aero A.14 (1922, reconnaissance/mail plane)
- Aero A.15 (re-engined A.14)
- Aero A.16 (1926, night bomber project)
- Aero A.17 (1922, sailplane)
- Aero A.18 (1923, fighter developed from the Ae 02, Ae 04 and A.11)
- Aero A.19 (1923, prototype fighter)
- Aero A.20 (1923, prototype fighter)
- Aero A.21 (night trainer developed from the A.11)
- Aero A.22 (utility aircraft developed from the A.11)
- Aero A.23 (1925, airliner)
- Aero A.24 (1924, prototype twin-engine bomber)
- Aero A.25 (trainer developed from the A.11)
- Aero A.26 (reconnaissance aircraft developed from the Ae 10)
- Aero A.27 (1926, re-engined A.24)
- Aero A.27 (II) (1925, 12-seat airliner project)
- Aero A.29 (1927, floatplane developed from the A.11)
- Aero A.30 (1926, prototype reconnaissance/light bomber developed from the A.11)
- Aero A.32 (1927, reconnaissance/bomber developed from the A.11)
- Aero A.33 (1928, 14-seat trimotor airliner project)
- Aero A.34 (1929, light sport aircraft)
- Aero A.35 (airliner)
- Aero A.36 (1926, bomber project)
- Aero A.38 (airliner)
- Aero A.40 (1926, racing aircraft project)
- Aero A.42 (1929, prototype bomber)
- Aero A.44 (1931, heavy bomber project)
- Aero A.46 (1931, prototype trainer)
- Aero A.48 (1932, 8 passenger airliner project)
- Aero A.49 (1932, 2-seat ultralight aircraft project)
- Aero A.55 (1933?, ultralight aircraft project)
- Aero A.60 (1933, high-speed 6-seat transport aircraft project)
- Aero A.100 (1933, reconnaissance/light bomber developed from the A.430)
- Aero A.101 (reconnaissance/light bomber developed from the A.100)
- Aero A.102 (1932, initial version of A.102)
- Aero A.102 (1934, prototype fighter)
- Aero A.104 (1937, prototype reconnaissance/light bomber developed from the A.101)
- Aero A.125 (re-engined A.25)
- Aero A.130 (re-engined A.30)
- Aero A.134 (1929)
- Aero A.200 (1934, sports plane)
- Aero MB.200 (1935, Bloch MB.200 built under license)
- Aero A.202 (1934, twin engine airliner project)
- Aero A.204 (1936, prototype airliner)
- Aero A.210 (1936-1937, airliner project)
- Aero A.212 (1937, utility aircraft project)
- Aero A.230 (1930, production version of A.30)
- Aero A.300 (1938, bomber developed from the A.304)
- Aero A.302 (1936, attack aircraft project)
- Aero A.304 (1937, bomber developed from the A.204)
- Aero A.330 (re-engined A.230)
- Aero A.404 (bomber project developed from the A.304)
- Aero A.430 (prototype for A.100)
Post World War II
- Aero Ae-45 (1947)
- Aero Ae 50 (1949)
- Aero Ae-145 (1955)
- Aero HC-2 Heli Baby (1954)
- Aero L-60 Brigadýr (1955)
- Aero L-29 Delfin (1963-1974)
- Aero L-39 Albatros (1970–1997)
- Aero L-59 Super Albatros (1992–96)
- Aero L-159 Alca (1997-2003)
- Aero Ae 270 Ibis (2000)
- Aero S-102 Czech licensed production of the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevish MiG-15 fighter
- Aero CS-102 Czech licensed production of the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15UTI trainer
- Aero S-103 Czech licensed production of the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis fighter
- Aero S-104 Czech licensed production of the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17PF fighter
- Aero S-105 Czech licensed production of the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19S fighter
- Aero S-106 (1960s) Czech production version of the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F-13 fighter
- Sikorsky S-76 Czech production of the US helicopter
In Development
References
- ↑ Aero Vodochody AEROSPACE a.s., Annual report 2013, page 54
- ↑ http://www.aero.cz/en/about-us/about-aero/history/
- ↑ http://www.aero.cz/en/about-us/about-aero/company-profile/
- ↑ http://www.aero.cz/en/about-us/about-aero/history/
- ↑ http://www.aero.cz/en/other-aerostructures.html
- ↑ http://www.aero.cz/en/aerostructures.html
- ↑ http://www.aero.cz/en/group-of-companies.html
- ↑ http://www.l-39ng.cz/program-l-39-ng/about-program/
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