Swearingen Merlin

what is it?

The Swearingen Merlin or the Fairchild Aerospace Merlin is a pressurized, twin turboprop business aircraft first produced by Swearingen Aircraft, and later by Fairchild at a plant in San Antonio, Texas.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 turboprops · 14.1 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 556 km/hcruise speed
• range 3,589 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 9passengers
• size 6,001 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).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 61 years ago, in 1965.
• 🚗Wingspan of 14.1 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 3,589 km: 20× Amsterdam to Brussels.

turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.

spec sheet

first flight

1965

status

still flying

number built

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role

business aircraft

makers

Fairchild

engines

2× Garrett AiResearch TPE-331-10U-503G

crew

2

passengers

9

length

12.9 m

wingspan

14.1 m

height

5.1 m

max take-off weight

6,001 kg

top speed

—

cruise speed

556 km/h

range

3,589 km

ceiling

8,230 m

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