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The remaining race machines, joined by at least one more, flew successfully after modification. There is photographic evidence of six M.29s.
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16:German 1930s single-engine racing aircraft
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250:M.29b: 112 kW (150 hp)
243:M.29a: 112 kW (150 hp)
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421:Messerschmitt an aircraft album
62:Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW)
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157:. The latter carried a wide
968:1930s German sport aircraft
393:"Messerschmitt M 29 Photos"
321:700 kg (1,544 lb)
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621:RLM designations 1933–1945
419:Smith, J Richard (1971).
315:390 kg (860 lb)
153:that extended aft to the
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282:General characteristics
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259:Specifications (M.29b)
39:Two-seat sports/racing
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141:of slightly smaller
213:Operational history
100:Willy Messerschmitt
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110:Development
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357:References
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207:Argus As 8
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301:Wingspan:
272:Data from
181:wing root
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139:monoplane
67:Designer
22:BFW M.29
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233:Variants
185:fuselage
126:in both
96:BFW M.29
784:P 08.01
758:ZMe 423
668:MeC 164
307:Height:
295:Length:
187:sides.
170:spatted
151:fairing
147:cockpit
106:races.
53:Germany
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899:P.1110
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869:P.1103
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859:P.1101
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789:P.1034
768:Me 609
763:Me 509
753:Me 410
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733:Me 328
728:Me 323
723:Me 321
718:Me 310
713:Me 309
708:Me 265
703:Me 264
698:Me 263
693:Me 262
688:Me 261
683:Me 210
678:Me 209
673:Bf 165
663:Me 163
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162:rudder
947:Aldon
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919:USAAC
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489:CL.II
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116:M 23s
78:1932
36:Role
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425:ISBN
327:1 ×
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224:race
143:span
132:1930
130:and
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94:The
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291:two
179:at
155:fin
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