Letov Š-32
# 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.

## Specifications

General characteristics

* Crew: two pilots
* Capacity: Up to six passengers, but more usually configured for four or five
* Length: 11.60 m (38 ft 1 in)
* Wingspan: 17.24 m (56 ft 7 in)
* Wing area: 39.9 $m^2$ (429 sq ft)
* Empty weight: 1,850 kg (4,070 lb)
* Gross weight: 2,760 kg (6,070 lb)
* Powerplant: 3 × Walter Mars I , 108 kW (145 hp) each

Performance

* Maximum speed: 203 km/h (127 mph, 110 kn)
* Range: 600 km (380 mi, 330 nmi)
* Service ceiling: 3,500 m (11,500 ft)
