Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
[2] Design work on the Skipper began in 1974 as the PD 285, [3] which made its maiden flight on February 6, 1975. [2] [4] The Skipper was Beechcraft's attempt to enter the two-place trainer market with an aircraft capable of competing with the popular Cessna 150 line of trainer aircraft.
Beechcraft Model 26 Wichita: 1,771 [b] Twin piston engine monoplane trainer Beechcraft Model 026 N/A 0 Unbuilt observation airplane [1] Beechcraft Model 28 Grizzly: 1944 2 Prototype twin piston engine monoplane attack airplane Beechcraft Model 33: 1959 3,249 Single piston engine monoplane utility airplane Beechcraft Model 34 Twin-Quad: 1947 1
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Help; Learn to edit; Community portal; Recent changes; Upload file
Beechcraft is an American brand of civil aviation and military aircraft owned by Textron Aviation since 2014, [1] headquartered in Wichita, Kansas.Originally, it was a brand of Beech Aircraft Corporation, an American manufacturer of general aviation, commercial, and military aircraft, ranging from light single-engined aircraft to twin-engined turboprop transports, business jets, and military ...
Anti-shock body is the name given by Richard T. Whitcomb to a pod positioned on the upper surface of a wing. [1] Its purpose is to reduce wave drag while travelling at transonic speeds ( Mach 0.8–1.0), which includes the typical cruising range of conventional jet airliners .
The Beechcraft Model 18 (or "Twin Beech", as it is also known) is a 6- to 11-seat, [1] twin-engined, low-wing, tailwheel light aircraft manufactured by the Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas. Continuously produced from 1937 to November 1969 (over 32 years, a world record at the time), over 9,000 were built, making it one of the world ...
The 400 can fly 1,351 nmi (2,502 km) with four passengers, cruising at Mach 0.71–0.73, and most pilots are comfortable flying it over three hours, about 1,175 nmi (2,176 km) cruising at Mach 0.73–0.76. Typical missions are 1.5 to 2.0 hours with 400 kn (740 km/h) block speeds.
fuel-injected, 722 cubic inches (11.8 litres), 400 hp (298 kW), same as -A1A except equipped with Bendix S8LN-1208 and S8LN-1209 magnetos, certified 22 February 1971 [2] [5] IO-720-A1BD fuel-injected, 722 cubic inches (11.8 litres), 400 hp (298 kW), same as -A1B except has a dual magneto, certified 30 December 1976 [ 2 ]