Mooney M20

what is it?

The Mooney M20 is a family of piston-powered, four-seat, propeller-driven, general aviation aircraft, all featuring low wings and tricycle gear, manufactured by the Mooney International Corporation. The M20 was the 20th design from Al Mooney, and his most successful. The series has been produced in many variations over the last 60 years, from the wooden-wing M20 and M20A models of 1955, to the M20V Acclaim Ultra that debuted in 2016.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11.1 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 448 km/htop speed
• range 2,037 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,528 kgmax take-off weight
• built 11,000made in total

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 73 years ago, in 1953.
• 🏎️Top speed is 3.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.1 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 2,037 km: 11× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1953

introduced

1955

number built

11,000

role

personal use civil aircraft

makers

Mooney International Corporation

engines

1× Continental TSIO-550-G

length

8.1 m

wingspan

11.1 m

height

2.5 m

max take-off weight

1,528 kg

top speed

448 km/h

cruise speed

324 km/h

range

2,037 km

ceiling

7,620 m

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