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Martin 2-0-2

Martin. A piston airliner.

Seats

Mixed 40

Range

1,000 km

Cruise

440 km/h

Payload

4,200 kg

Take off run

1,100 m

Fuel burn

500 kg per block hour

Reference price

$280,000 in 1947 dollars

Enters service

1947-10-13

Production ends

1949-12-31

Confidence

estimated (to be verified)

Source: First scheduled flight 13 October 1947 with Northwest; 40 seats; MTOW 18,098 kg; range 1,022 km; wing spar fatigue found after the loss of a Northwest aircraft on 29 August 1948; fleet price implied about 200,000 dollars in 1945 (Wikipedia, Martin 2-0-2, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_2-0-2). End of production and the current price are estimates.