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366:"L'Avion de Sport Messerschmitt M 31"
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247:17 m (183 sq ft)
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381:Messerschmitt an aircraft album
59:Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW)
296:4,500 m (14,760 ft)
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944:Aircraft first flown in 1932
929:1930s German sport aircraft
259:650 kg (1,433 lb)
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582:RLM designations 1933ā1945
379:Smith, J Richard (1971).
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97:, sometimes known as the
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923:Categories
336:Smith 1971
321:Smith 1971
303:References
245:Wing area:
207:Smith 1971
138:monoplanes
116:and fixed
110:cantilever
308:Citations
233:Wingspan:
204:Data from
185:prototype
169:tailplane
64:Designer
432:aircraft
173:fuselage
114:cockpits
101:, was a
95:BFW M.31
745:P 08.01
719:ZMe 423
629:MeC 164
239:Height:
227:Length:
50:Germany
870:P.1112
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860:P.1110
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850:P.1108
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840:P.1106
835:P.1104
830:P.1103
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729:Me 609
724:Me 509
714:Me 410
709:Me 409
704:Me 334
699:Me 329
694:Me 328
689:Me 323
684:Me 321
679:Me 310
674:Me 309
669:Me 265
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659:Me 263
654:Me 262
649:Me 261
644:Me 210
639:Me 209
634:Bf 165
624:Me 163
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267:BMW Xa
178:cowled
171:. The
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889:XC-44
880:USAAC
460:CL.IV
450:CL.II
221:Crew:
77:1932
33:Role
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385:ISBN
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142:M.19
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