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n six-passenger commercial transport airliner for both

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and passengers, designed by Robert Nebesář and built by Avia. The type performed well but only one was built.

Development

The Avia 156 was a single-engined high-wing cantilever

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that first flew in 1934. Powered by a Hispano-Suiza 12Ydrs inline piston engine, it had fixed

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Specifications

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