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However, the Twin Bonanza had trouble competing with the similarly capable but substantially lighter Cessna 310 and Piper PA-23, so Beechcraft used the basic Bonanza fuselage and many other Bonanza parts to create the twin-engined Travel Air, which was later developed into the Baron. [17]
Cessna's first helicopter, the Cessna CH-1, received FAA type certification in 1955. [13] Cessna 172. Cessna introduced the Cessna 172 in 1956. It became the most produced airplane in history. [13] During the post-World War II era, Cessna was known as one of the "Big Three" in general aviation aircraft manufacturing, along with Piper and ...
The Twin Bonanza had trouble competing with the similarly capable but substantially lighter Cessna 310 and Piper PA-23, so Beechcraft used the basic single-engined Bonanza fuselage and many other Bonanza parts to create the Twin Bonanza's effective replacements: the Travel Air and the closely related Baron. [8]
Piper Aircraft Company factory in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania during the 1930s, with the Piper Cub logo superimposed at the top Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub.Built 1958. Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II Piper PA-34 Seneca-200T Piper PA-31 Navajo airframe used for crash testing by NASA after a 1972 flood inundated Piper's factory Early-production PA-31 Navajo Piper PA-32-RT-300T Turbo Lance II Piper PA-44 ...
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 ...
In 1960, the Piper Aztec was introduced, using two 250 hp Lycoming O-540 engines; Cessna too had improved its 310 with two Continental IO-470 D, producing 260 hp. Meanwhile, Beechcraft's Bonanza had been improved with a Continental IO-470-N. But the answer to competition was to make a true twin-engined variant of the Bonanza.
A Beechcraft Model 95 in flight. Designed as a competitor to the Cessna 310 and the Piper Apache, the Travel Air (developed as the Badger) [3] took many design features from previous Beechcraft airplanes. [4] It took its basic design from the Model 35 Bonanza, [5] fitted with the vertical stabilizer from the T-34 Mentor, and two four-cylinder ...
The Cessna 310 is an American four-to-six-seat, low-wing, twin-engine monoplane produced by Cessna between 1954 and 1980. It was the second twin-engine aircraft that Cessna put into production; the first was the Cessna T-50. [1] It was used by the U.S. military as the L-27, after 1962, U-3. Over six thousand Cessna 310 and 320 aircraft were ...