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Maule Air

Logo: mauleairinc.com3

American aircraft manufacturer

Maule Air, Inc. is a manufacturer of light, single-engined, short take-off and landing (STOL) aircraft, based in Moultrie, Georgia, U.S. The company delivered 2,500 aircraft in its first 50 years of business.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1941Founded1

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Maule MX-7-235, Private JP7545490
Photo: Peter Bakema, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons5

Maule Air, Inc. is a manufacturer of light, single-engined, short take-off and landing (STOL) aircraft, based in Moultrie, Georgia, U.S. The company delivered 2,500 aircraft in its first 50 years of business.2

The story

Belford D. Maule (1911–1995) designed his first aircraft, the M-1 starting at age 19. He founded the company Mechanical Products Co. in Napoleon, Michigan to market his own starter design. In 1941 the B.D. Maule Co. was founded, and Maule produced tailwheels and fabric testers. In 1953 he began design work, and started aircraft production with the "Bee-Dee" M-4 in 1957.

The company is a family-owned enterprise. Its owner, June Maule, widow of B. D. Maule, remained directly involved with factory production until her death in 2009 at the age of 92.

From Wikipedia’s article on Maule Air, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • aircraft

Listed on Wikidata.1

The aircraft produced by Maule Air are tube-and-fabric designs and are popular with bush pilots thanks to their very low stall speed, tundra tires and oleo strut landing gear. Most Maules are built with tailwheel or amphibious configurations, although the newer MXT models have tricycle gear.

From Wikipedia’s article on Maule Air, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 1941Founded Founded1

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