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December 15, 1927
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in 1931, a small number of a further-improved version, designated
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December 15, 1927
597:"Nordbayerischer Verkehrsflug GmbH - NOBA (1926-1931)"
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to supply his new airline venture which was to become
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430:212 km/h (132 mph, 114 kn)
540:The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft
182:(NOBA), it was a conventional high-wing
584:. London: Studio Editions. p. 651.
508:"Messerschmitt History: Civil Projects"
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446:630 km (390 mi, 340 nmi)
440:90 km/h (56 mph; 49 kn)
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375:15.8 m (51 ft 10 in)
369:9.4 m (30 ft 10 in)
340:Messerschmitt: an aircraft album,
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387:24.8 m (267 sq ft)
627:Messerschmitt: an aircraft album
381:2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
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1202:Single-engined tractor aircraft
582:Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation
580:Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989).
464:3.1 m/s (610 ft/min)
289:and 240 kW (320 hp)
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506:Szigeti, Marton (July 1998).
458:5,300 m (17,400 ft)
399:1,760 kg (3,880 lb)
143:Bayerische Flugzeugwerke M 18
1212:Aircraft first flown in 1926
625:Smith, J. Richard (1971).
393:890 kg (1,962 lb)
279:engine (two or three built)
179:Nordbayerische Verkehrsflug
172:Designed at the request of
123:Nordbayerische Verkehrsflug
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845:RLM designations 1933–1945
650:Schneider, Helmut (1936).
562:: 919–92. 18 October 1928
485:0.126 kW/kg (0.077 hp/lb)
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701:BFW Idflieg designations
221:Bayerische Flugzeugwerke
93:Bayerische Flugzeugwerke
652:Flugzeug-Typenbuch 1936
554:"1928 Berlin Aero Show"
348:General characteristics
342:Flugzeug-Typenbuch 1936
277:Armstrong Siddeley Lynx
46:Armstrong-Siddeley Lynx
1197:Messerschmitt aircraft
1192:1920s German airliners
413:Wright R-975 Whirlwind
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325:Specifications (M 18d)
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168:Design and development
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514:: 74. Archived from
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601:europeanairlines.no
202:Operational history
164:in the late 1920s.
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421:Performance
409:Powerplant:
312:Switzerland
287:Walter Mars
189:with fixed
54:Switzerland
1186:Categories
611:2008-10-24
566:2008-10-24
522:2008-10-24
512:Flug Revue
481:Power/mass
450:Endurance:
385:Wing area:
184:cantilever
452:3.8 hours
373:Wingspan:
361:Capacity:
338:Data from
298:Operators
195:prototype
187:monoplane
156:) was an
100:Designer
695:aircraft
239:Variants
158:airliner
147:BFW M 18
64:Airliner
18:BFW M.18
1008:P 08.01
982:ZMe 423
892:MeC 164
379:Height:
367:Length:
162:Germany
79:Germany
1133:P.1112
1128:P.1111
1123:P.1110
1118:P.1109
1113:P.1108
1108:P.1107
1103:P.1106
1098:P.1104
1093:P.1103
1088:P.1102
1083:P.1101
1078:P.1100
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1043:P.1073
1038:P.1070
1033:P.1065
1028:P.1064
1023:P.1062
1018:P.1061
1013:P.1034
992:Me 609
987:Me 509
977:Me 410
972:Me 409
967:Me 334
962:Me 329
957:Me 328
952:Me 323
947:Me 321
942:Me 310
937:Me 309
932:Me 265
927:Me 264
922:Me 263
917:Me 262
912:Me 261
907:Me 210
902:Me 209
897:Bf 165
887:Me 163
882:Bf 163
877:Bf 162
872:Bf 161
867:Me 155
862:Bf 110
857:Bf 109
852:Bf 108
718:CL.III
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193:. The
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1171:Aldon
1152:XC-44
1143:USAAC
723:CL.IV
713:CL.II
490:Notes
355:Crew:
282:M 18d
272:M 18c
254:M 18b
244:M 18a
229:M 18d
225:DEVAG
217:M 18b
113:1926
60:Role
30:M 18
836:M 37
831:M 36
826:M 35
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