| M 18 | |
|---|---|
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| An Armstrong-Siddeley Lynx-powered M-18d of Ad Astra Aero in Switzerland | |
| Role | Airliner |
| National origin | Germany |
| Manufacturer | Messerschmitt / Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW) |
| Designer | Willy Messerschmitt |
| First flight | 1926 |
| Primary user | Nordbayerische Verkehrsflug |
| Number built | ca 24 |
The Bayerische Flugzeugwerke M 18 (BFW M 18), (later known as Messerschmitt M 18) was an airliner, produced in Germany in the late 1920s.
Designed at the request of Theodor Croneiss to supply his new airline venture which was to become Nordbayerische Verkehrsflug (NOBA), [1] it was a conventional high-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailskid undercarriage. The prototype was built of wood, although production examples would have a metal structure. [2] The design was praised in its day for the cleanness of its aerodynamics, lightness of construction, and economy of operation [3] [4]
The first M 18 to enter service with NOBA was provided by Messerschmitt in exchange for a 49% share of the new company, and on 26 July it began commercial flights. [5] NOBA's early successes enabled the company to place orders for additional examples of an improved model, the M 18b. It would eventually purchase twelve of these, [1] but manufacturing them would exceed the capacity of Messerschmitt's own small firm, leading to a merger with Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW) in 1927. Following NOBA's reorganisation into DEVAG in 1931, a small number of a further-improved version, designated M 18d, were ordered, but the type was soon superseded by the similar but larger Messerschmitt M 20. [2]
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Data from Messerschmitt: an aircraft album, [6] Flugzeug-Typenbuch 1936 [7]
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