Aero C-104S
Carrier Czechoslovak trainer for military and civilian pilots
Basic parameters
1947
Year of manufacture
7,4
m
Wingspan
390
kg
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170
km / h
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speed
1+1
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About the Plane
The aircraft C 104, serial number 237 was manufactured in 1947 at the Aero factory in Prague Vysočany. It was subsequently taken over by the Ministry of Defence.
Now, after a demanding, almost two-year-long reconstruction, you can see it in its premiere, in the old colour, in which it was operated at the Air Military Academy in Hradec Kralove for training new pilots - officers since 1947.
7,4 m
6.76 m
2.06 m
680 kg
185 km/h
170 km/h
4 300 m
650 km
Walter Minor 4-III
105 HP/ 77 kW
22 l/h
80 l
1 pilot + 1 passenger
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About Aero C-104S aircraft
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The last biplane mass-produced in Czechoslovakia. The Aero factory produced very successful Bücker Bü 131 D Jungmann biplanes during World War II. Some remained there after the war and others were built after the liberation with the designation C-4, i.e. with original German Hirth HM 504 engines. A total of 20 C-4s were built. In 1946, a Czechoslovakian Walter Minor 4-III engine of 77 kW (105 hp) was installed in the C-4 airframe. This version, initially designated C-4A, later C-104, was widely used.
A total of 260 of these machines were produced until 1949. Both types, the C-4 and especially the C-104, were first used by the Czechoslovak Military Air Force for basic and continuing pilot training and were gradually transferred to aeroclubs. In 1960 and 1961, C-104s also entered the international aviation record table. The importance of these machines for the training of Czechoslovak military and sport pilots was considerable. Some of them are still in airworthy condition today.
The Aero C-104 (OK-RXE), serial No. 237 is owned by the Aviation Museum of the Military Historical Institute Prague and is operated by the TMFC family collection.