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Aeromarine Merlin

🇺🇸 United States ·first flight unknown· homebuilt aircraft

🛩️ light / GA piston ✓ still flying
Aeromarine Merlin, photo 1 of 2
1/2 Lestocq· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Aeromarine Merlin is an American homebuilt aircraft that was designed by Czech Aircraft Works and is produced by Aeromarine LSA of South Lakeland Airport, Florida, introduced at the Sport Aviation Expo in 2016. The aircraft is supplied as a kit, for amateur construction.

How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 7.8 m wingspan

base stats

  • speed 180 km/hcruise speed
  • size 299 kgmax take-off weight

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

spec sheet

first flight
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introduced
2016
status
in production
number built
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role
homebuilt aircraft
origin
🇺🇸 United States
engines
1× Rotax 582
length
5.3 m
wingspan
7.8 m
height
2.1 m
max take-off weight
299 kg
top speed
—
cruise speed
180 km/h
range
—

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q24192450, Wikipedia: Aeromarine Merlin (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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