On January 15, 1937, the first Beech 18, construction number 62, civil registration NX15810, made the type's first flight at the Beech Factory Airport in Wichita, KS on January 15, 1937, with ...

At one point, it was a bomber trainer with a gun turret.” The Museum’s Model 18 is one of 9,000 copies that Beech Aircraft Corporation has built since 1937.

The Beechcraft Model 18 has a range of 1,130 miles (1818 km), climbs at 1,200 feet (365 meters), and has a service ceiling of 20,500 feet (6.2 km) above sea level.

This 1952 Beechcraft 18 in USMC livery was featured in some of our time's most famous specialized magazines, ... Back in 1969, when production of the Beechcraft Model 18 ended, ...

The Beechcraft Model 18 made its first demonstration flight in 1937 and production continued for an impressive thirty-two years, with move than 9,000 aircraft built. The low-wing, all-metal, ...

“There are many Beech twins, but only one Twin Beech,” in the words of Model 18 owner Enrico Bottieri. Roger Cain. If ... He bought his son a World War II-era gun turret.