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Maule Air, Inc. is a manufacturer of light, single-engined, short take-off and landing (STOL) aircraft, based in Moultrie, Georgia, U.S. The company delivered 2,500 aircraft in its first 50 years of business.
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Aviation |
Founded | 1941 |
Headquarters | Moultrie, Georgia, U.S. |
Products | Aircraft |
Number of employees | 36 |
Website | www |
Belford D. Maule (1911–1995) designed his first aircraft, the M-1 starting at age 19. He founded the company Mechanical Products Co. in Napoleon, Michigan to market his own starter design. In 1941 the B.D. Maule Co. was founded,[1] and Maule produced tailwheels and fabric testers. In 1953 he began design work, and started aircraft production with the "Bee-Dee" M-4 in 1957.[2]
The company is a family-owned enterprise. Its owner, June Maule, widow of B. D. Maule, remained directly involved with factory production until her death in 2009 at the age of 92.[3]
The aircraft produced by Maule Air are tube-and-fabric designs and are popular with bush pilots[4] thanks to their very low stall speed, tundra tires and oleo strut landing gear. Most Maules are built with tailwheeloramphibious configurations, although the newer MXT models have tricycle gear.
Model | Wingspan | Engine | Gross weight | Vso | VLD |
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M4-210 | 29'8" | 210 HP Continental | 2300 lbs | 28 mph | 145 mph |
M4-220 | 220 HP Franklin | ||||
M-5-180C | 30'10" | 180 HP Lycoming Carb | 2400 lbs | 38 mph | 135 mph |
M-5-200C | 200 HP Lycoming Injected | 2500 lbs | 38 mph | 140 mph | |
M-5-210TC | 210 HP Lycoming Turbo | 2500 lbs | 38 mph | 196 mph | |
M-5-210C | 210 HP Continental Injected | 2500 lbs | 38 mph | 145 mph | |
M-5-235C | 235 HP Lycoming carb | 2500 lbs | 38 mph | 158 mph | |
M-5-235C | 235 HP Lycoming injected | 2500 lbs | 39 mph | 158 mph | |
M-6-235 | 32' 11" | 235 HP Lycoming O-540-J1A5D | 2500 lbs | 35 mph | 160 mph |
M-6-235 | 235 HP Lycoming IO-540-W1A5D | ||||
M-7 | 33' 6" | 235 HP Lycoming IO-540-W | 2500 lbs | 40 mph | 158 mph |
M-9-235 | 32' 11" | 235 HP Lycoming O-540-B4B5 | 2800 lbs | 46 mph | 158 mph |
M-9-235 | 235 HP Lycoming IO-540-W1A5 | ||||
M-9-260 | 260 HP Lycoming IO-540-V4A5 | 162 mph |
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