PZL -Mielec M-18 Dromader

what is it?

The PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader (English: "Dromedary") is a single engine agricultural aircraft that is manufactured by PZL-Mielec in Poland. The aircraft is used mainly as a cropduster or firefighting machine.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 17.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 200 km/htop speed
• range 970 kmwithout refuelling
• size 4,200 kgmax take-off weight
• built 759made 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 50 years ago, in 1976.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 17.7 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1976

status

in production

number built

759

role

utility aircraft

origin

🇵🇱 Poland

makers

PZL Mielec

engines

1× PZL Kalisz ASz-621R

crew

1

length

9.5 m

wingspan

17.7 m

height

3.7 m

max take-off weight

4,200 kg

top speed

200 km/h

range

970 km

ceiling

6,500 m

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