sličica|Beechcraft AT-11 sličica|Beech 18 na plovcih Beechcraft Model 18 (tudi "Twin Beech") je 6-11 sedežno propelersko večnamensko letalo ameriškega proizvajalca Beech Aircraft Corporation iz Wichite, Kansas. V proizvodnji je bil od leta 1937 do 1969, kar je bil rekord za tisti čas. Skupno so zgradili čez 9000 letal. Model 18 se je uporabljal kot šolsko, potniško, tovorno, poslovno letalo in tudi kot lahki bombnik. Imel je tudi možnost namestitve smučk ali pa plovcev za pristajanje na vodi."Long Description: Beechcraft D18S Twin Beech." National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Retrieved: December 17, 2014."Factsheets: Beech C-45H Expeditor." National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. Retrieved: December 17, 2014."Twin Beech: The 1930's airplane that set Beech Aircraft Corporation on a course towards 50 years of success", in Flying Magazine, Feb. 1982, pp.26-30, Retrieved: Dec. 17, 2014 from Google Books.Več kot 90% ameriških bombnih namerilcev in navigatorjev se je šolalo na tem letalu.
Letalo je bilo znano tudi kot C-45 Expeditor, AT-7 Navigator, AT-11 Kansan; UC-45J Navigator in SNB-1 Kansan.
Specifikacije (UC-45 Expeditor)
Glej tudi Airspeed Oxford Avro Anson Barkley-Grow T8P-1 Cessna AT-17 Bobcat De Havilland Dove Evangel 4500 Fairchild AT-21 Gunner Lockheed Model 10 Electra Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior Siebel Si 204
Reference
Bibliografija Bridgeman, Leonard, ed. “The Beechcraft Expeditor.” Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London: Studio, 1946. ISBN 1-85170-493-0.
Ogden, Bob. Aviation Museums and Collections of North America. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 2007. ISBN 0-85130-385-4. Pettipas, Leo. Canadian Naval Aviation 1945-1968. L. Pettipas/Canadian Naval Air Group, Winnipeg: 1986. ISBN 0-9692528-0-3 Swanborough, F. Gordon and Peter M. Bowers. United States Military Aircraft since 1909. London: Putnam, 1963. Swanborough, Gordon and Peter M. Bowers. United States Navy Aircraft since 1911. London: Putnam, 1976. ISBN 0-370-10054-9. Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965–66. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1965.
Griffin, John A. Canadian Military Aircraft Serials & Photographs 1920 - 1968. Ottawa: Queen's Printer, Publication No. 69-2, 1969. United States Air Force Museum Guidebook. Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio: Air Force Museum Foundation, 1975.
Zunanje povezave
Experimental Aircraft Association (Chapter 1000) Beech E18S overview and pictorial tour 1941 AT-11, 'Tantalizing Takeoff'. A hi-res panoramic look inside
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