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Messerschmitt Bf 110
The Messerschmitt Bf 110, often called the Me 110, was a German twin-engined heavy fighter of World War II that failed as a daylight escort over Britain in 1940 but became a successful night fighter.
Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet was a German tailless, rocket-powered interceptor of the Second World War, the only rocket-powered combat aircraft to reach operational service.
Messerschmitt Me 209
The Messerschmitt Me 209 was a German single-engine record aircraft, publicized as the Me 109R, that set the absolute speed record of 755 km/h in April 1939.
Messerschmitt Me 210
The Messerschmitt Me 210 was a German twin-engined heavy fighter, dive-bomber, and reconnaissance aircraft first flown in September 1939 as the intended successor to the Bf 110.
Messerschmitt Me 262
The Messerschmitt Me 262, nicknamed Schwalbe, was the world's first operational jet fighter, about 150 km/h faster than any Allied fighter, though late deployment limited its impact.
Messerschmitt Me 264
The Messerschmitt Me 264 was a German four-engined long-range bomber of World War II, developed for the Luftwaffe's Amerikabomber program to reach the United States from Europe.
Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm
Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) was a German aerospace manufacturer formed in 1969 by merger, best known for the Bo 105 helicopter; its helicopter division became Eurocopter in 1992.
Metrojet Flight 9268
Metrojet Flight 9268 was a Russian charter flight from Sharm El Sheikh to Saint Petersburg destroyed by a bomb over Sinai on 31 October 2015, killing all 224 aboard.
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority is an independent interstate public body, created by Virginia and D.C. in 1987, that operates Reagan National and Dulles airports.
Mexicana de Aviación
Mexicana de Aviación was a Mexican airline founded in 1921 and the country's oldest carrier until flights stopped in 2010; the brand returned as a state-owned airline in 2023.
Mexico City International Airport
Mexico City International Airport, also known as Benito Juárez International Airport, is the main airport of Mexico City, serving more than 44 million passengers a year.
Miami International Airport
Miami International Airport (MIA) is a public international airport near downtown Miami, Florida, owned by Miami-Dade County and founded in 1928 as Pan American Field.
MIAT Mongolian Airlines (Монголын Иргэний Агаарын Тээвэр)
MIAT Mongolian Airlines (Монголын Иргэний Агаарын Тээвэр), meaning Mongolian Civil Air Transport, is the state-owned flag carrier of Mongolia. Founded in 1956, it flies international routes from Ulaanbaatar.
Michael J. Adams
Michael J. Adams (Michael James Adams) was an American Air Force test pilot who flew the X-15 seven times and died in its only fatal crash, in 1967.
Michael K. Sinnett
Michael K. Sinnett is an American aerospace engineer and Boeing executive who served as vice president and chief project engineer of the 787 Dreamliner and joined the National Academy of Engineering in 2016.
Michael Rousseau
Michael Rousseau (born 1958) is a Canadian business executive who was President and CEO of Air Canada from February 2021 until retiring in August 2026.
Microlight circumnavigation and record flights
Microlight circumnavigation is a flight around the world in a microlight or ultralight aircraft, first achieved by Brian Milton in 1998 in 120 days, with solo age records later set by Zara and Mack Rutherford.
Micromechanical Flying Insect
The Micromechanical Flying Insect (MFI) is a flapping-wing microrobot begun at UC Berkeley in 1998 under Ronald Fearing, modeled on the blowfly and targeting a 25 mm wingspan.
Microwave landing system
The microwave landing system (MLS) is an ICAO-standardized aviation landing aid that guides aircraft to a runway using microwave scanning beams, developed in the 1970s.
Mid-air collision
A mid-air collision is an accident in which two or more aircraft collide while both are airborne, most often near an airport when one overtakes another.
Middle East Airlines (طيران الشرق الأوسط)
Middle East Airlines, formally Middle East Airlines – Air Liban, is the flag-carrier airline of Lebanon. Founded in 1945, it is a SkyTeam member based in Beirut.
Midway (1976 film)
Midway (1976) is a Universal war film directed by Jack Smight, produced by Walter Mirisch, starring Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, and Toshiro Mifune, dramatizing the June 1942 Battle of Midway with Sensurround sound and heavy archival footage.
Midway (2019 film)
Midway is a 2019 American war film directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Ed Skrein, Woody Harrelson, and Dennis Quaid, dramatizing the Battle of Midway of June 1942.
Midway International Airport
Midway International Airport, also known as Chicago Midway Airport, is a commercial airport on Chicago's Southwest Side operated by the Chicago Department of Aviation since its 1927 dedication.
Midway-class aircraft carrier
The Midway class was a class of three large, armored-deck aircraft carriers built for the United States Navy at the end of World War II.
MiG Alley
MiG Alley was the region of northwestern North Korea near the Yalu River where Soviet-built MiG-15s and American F-86 Sabres fought history's first large-scale jet-versus-jet combat.
Mikoyan
Mikoyan, the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau known by its MiG prefix, is the Soviet and Russian fighter design bureau founded in 1939, maker of the MiG-15 and MiG-21.
Mikoyan LMFS
The Mikoyan LMFS was a Russian stealthy light multirole fighter project by Mikoyan, intended to complement the Su-57, and canceled in July 2021 in favor of the Su-75.
Mikoyan MiG-27
The Mikoyan MiG-27, NATO name Flogger-D, is a Soviet swing-wing fighter-bomber derived from the MiG-23 for low-altitude ground attack, certified in 1975 and flown by India as the Bahadur.
Mikoyan MiG-29 (МиГ-29)
The Mikoyan MiG-29 (МиГ-29), NATO name Fulcrum, is a Soviet twin-engine air-superiority fighter developed by Mikoyan, in production from 1982 and still flown by several countries.