Aero was a two-seat mixed-structured bi-plane recon aircraft with fixed undercarriage. Finland ordered 16 A-32s in 1929 from Czechoslovakia. The aircraft received Gnome & Rhone Jupiter IV engines licence-built in France. 15 aircraft arrived in Finland in Aug-Sep, 1929 and the last in 1930 after unsuccesful tests with Italian made Isotta Fraschini Asso Caccia V-12 engine. 1929 - 1944 Liaison trainer, originally designed for reconnaissance AEj-57. Numbers: AEj-49...-64 (=16) Operational victories/losses: Units: MLE (1929-38?), IlmK (1935-38), ISK (1938-44). Average/Maximum total flight time: Armament: a 7.7 mm Vickers MG for the pilot and 7.7 Lewis Twin-MGs, later a Vickers MG for the observer, racks under the wings (and in some also under the fuselage) for 10x10 kg of bombs Engine/Propeller: Gnome & Rhone Jupiter IV 9 Ab or AK, 9-cylinder, air-cooled, radial engine The photo was taken in the Central Finland Aviation Museum. Power: 420 hp Max speed: 200 kph Climb/Ceiling: 5,000 m - 22 min 30 sec/6,000 m Range: 4 h 30 min Wing span/area: 12.4 m/36.45 sq. m Length/Height: 8.2 m/3.2 m Empty/Max weight: 1,070 kg/1,927 kg