Marco Island Airways Fleet: Martin 4-0-4

Aircraft Description

The Martin 4-0-4 was an American pressurized passenger airliner built by the Glenn L. Martin Company. In addition to airline use initially in the United States, it was used by the United States Coast Guard and United States Navy as the RM-1G (later as the VC-3A).

When production of the earlier Martin 2-0-2 was stopped due to problems with wing structural failure the company decided to re-wing an improved version (which had already flown as the Martin 3-0-3). The new aircraft was the Martin 4-0-4. It had structural changes to the wings, pressurization and was lengthened slightly to take 40 passengers. Like the earlier 2-0-2, the 4-0-4 was a cantilever monoplane with a standard tail unit (cantilever tailplane and single vertical stabilizer). It had an airstair in the lower tail section for passenger boarding and disembarkation, retractable tricycle landing gear and was powered by two Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CB16 radial piston engines.

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General Characteristics

Crew: 3 or 4
Capacity: 40 passengers
Length: 74ft 7in / 22.73m
Wingspan: 93ft 3in / 28.42m
Height: 28ft 5in / 8.66m
Wing Area: 864 sq ft / 80.3 m²
Airfoil: GLM-W 16
OEW: Operating Empty Weight: 29,126 lb / 13,211 kg
MTOW: Max Takeoff Weight: 44,900 lb / 20,366 kg

Performance

Powerplant(s): 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CB16 18-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial engine, 2,400 hp / 1,800 kW each (take off power), 1,800 hp / 1,300 kW (normal power)
Propeller(s): 3-bladed Hamilton Standard 2H17K3-48R, 13 ft 2 in / 4.01 m diameter
Max Speed: 312 mph / 502 km/h / 271 kn at 14,500 ft / 4,400 m
Cruise Speed: 280 mph / 450 km/h / 240 kn at 18,000 ft / 5,500 m
Stall Speed: 81 mph / 130 km/h / 70 kn at sea level
Range: 1,080 mi / 1,740 km / 940 nmi
Service Ceiling: 29,000 ft / 8,800 m

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The Marco Island Airways Martin 4-0-4 Fleet

Photos of the entire fleet of Martin 4-0-4s are published below. Click on each of them for information and photos of that particular aircraft. If you would like to contribute any photos, scans, documents — then please contact us as we'd love to expand this site.
N967M

N967M

Marco Island Airways | Martin 4-0-4 | N967M | S/N 14149 | Built in 1952 @ Martin State Airport (MTN/KMTN), Baltimore, MD

N968M

N968M

Marco Island Airways | Martin 4-0-4 | N968M | S/N 14159 | Built in 1952 @ Martin State Airport (MTN/KMTN), Baltimore, MD

N969M

N969M

Marco Island Airways | Martin 4-0-4 | N969M | S/N 14231 | Built in 1952 @ Martin State Airport (MTN/KMTN), Baltimore, MD

N973M

N973M

Marco Island Airways | Martin 4-0-4 | N973M | S/N 14156 | Built in 1952 @ Martin State Airport (MTN/KMTN), Baltimore, MD

N974M

N974M

Marco Island Airways | Martin 4-0-4 | N974M | S/N 14158 | Built in 1952 @ Martin State Airport (MTN/KMTN), Baltimore, MD

N982M

N982M

Marco Island Airways | Martin 4-0-4 | N982M | S/N 14247 | Built in 1952 @ Martin State Airport (MTN/KMTN), Baltimore, MD | Last civilian Martin 4-0-4 built.

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