Messerschmitt M 26

The Messerschmitt M 26, also called the BFW M.26, was a single-engined cantilever-winged monoplane light airliner built in Germany in 1930, of which only one was made. It was designed to carry two to three passengers in an enclosed cabin, with an enclosed pilot's position, and followed the style of Messerschmitt's earlier three-cabin aircraft, the successful M.18 and M.20 and the commercially unsuccessful M.24, though it was smaller than any of them. It had a typical Messerschmitt square-section fuselage narrowing to an angular fin and rudder, and a split-axle main undercarriage. A 100 hp Siemens Sh 11 radial engine, mounted uncowled with its seven cylinder heads protruding for cooling, drove a two-bladed propeller. The aircraft first flew in 1930, but there were no sales and no production followed. A version with a 175 hp Wright Whirlwind was considered as the M.30 but was not built.