The Aero Ae 50 was a prototype propeller-driven military reconnaissance aircraft built in Czechoslovakia.
The smaller aircraft was intended for artillery spotting, observation and liaison duties.
The aircraft was required to provide a good view for the observer and to be able to operate out of small austere airstrips.
[1] At least eight projects were submitted to meet the requirement for a lighter aircraft, with Aero's design, the Ae 50, considered the best of the proposals.
[1][a] The Ae 50 was a high-wing monoplane of all metal construction, of pod and boom arrangement, with a fuselage that terminated abruptly immediately aft of the crew cabin, leaving the tailplane to be mounted on a single boom attached to the wing.