Letov Š-32
The Letov Š-32 was an airliner produced in small numbers in Czechoslovakia during the 1930s. It was a trimotor monoplane with a high, cantilever wing, and was designed to meet a requirement by ČSA for a machine to service a night route between Prague, Bratislava, Uzhorod, and Bucharest. It could carry up to six passengers in a fully enclosed cabin which was praised at the time as being "particularly roomy and lofty". The wings were of all-metal construction, and the fuselage was built up from steel tube and was mostly skinned in metal, other than its very rear part, which, like the empennage, was fabric-covered. ČSA bought and operated five of these machines. On 26 June 1934, one of these (registered OK-ADB) crashed during final approach to Karlovy Vary, killing all three on board, most notably the famous Austrian actor Max Pallenberg.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Letov
- Category
- Airliners
- Country of origin
- Czechoslovakia
- First flight
- 1931-01-01
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 97 kt
- Max speed
- 110 kt
- Range
- 320 nm
- Service ceiling
- 13,000 ft
- Max takeoff weight
- 6,063 lb
- Empty weight
- 4,154 lb
- Powerplant
- 3 × Walter Mars I nine-cylinder radial engine
- Engines
- 3
- Seats
- 6
- Length
- 38.1 ft
- Wingspan
- 56.6 ft
- Number built
- 5
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.