Beechcraft Model 18

Model 18
	Beechcraft Model 18 v letu
Vloga	Večnamensko letalo
Izvor	ZDA
Proizvajalec/-ci	Beech Aircraft Corporation
Krstni polet	15. januar 1937
Predstavljen	1937
Glavni uporabniki	USAAF; Ameriška mornarica; Kraljeve letalske sile; Kraljeve kanadske letalske sile
Izdelovan	1937–1970
Število izdelanih	9000+
Cena enote	D18S: US$78 050 (leta 1952)

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.^[2]^[3]^[4]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)

Beechcraft Model 18 - Flying Legends

Beechcraft Beech 18

Beechcraft Model 18 - Flying Legends

Podatki iz Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II; Bridgeman 1946, p. 205

Splošne karakteristike

Posadka: 2 pilota
Število sedežev: 6 potnikov
Dolžina: 34 ft 2 in (10,41 m)
Razpon kril: 47 ft 8 in (14,53 m)
Višina: 9 ft 8 in (2,95 m)
Površina kril: 349 ft² (32,4 m²)
Teža praznega letala: 6175 lb (2800 kg)
Naložena teža: 7500 lb (3400 kg)
Maks. vzletna teža: 8727 lb (3959 kg)
Pogon letala: 2 × radialni motorji Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-1 "Wasp Junior", 450 KM (336 kW) vsak

Zmogljivost

Maks. hitrost: 225 mph (195 vozlov, 360 km/h)
Doseg: 1200 milj (1000 nmi, 1900 km) rpi 160 mph (260 km/h)
Višina leta: 26000 ft (7930 m)
Hitrost vzpenjanja: 1850 ft/min (9,4 m/s)

Glej tudi

Reference

↑ "D18S page." Arhivirano 2008-12-31 na Wayback Machine. Beechcraft Heritage Museum. Retrieved: August 24, 2008.
↑ "Long Description: Beechcraft D18S Twin Beech." Arhivirano 2016-06-30 na Wayback Machine. 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.

Bibliografija

Bridgeman, Leonard, ed. “The Beechcraft Expeditor.” Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London: Studio, 1946. ISBN 1-85170-493-0.
Donald, David (1995). American Warplanes of World War II. London:Aerospace Publishing. ISBN 1-874023-72-7.
Mondey, David (2006). The Hamlyn concise guide to American aircraft of world war II. London: Bounty Books. COBISS 7917002. ISBN 978-0-7537-1461-4.
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.
Taylor, John W. R. (1976). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1976–77. London: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0-354-00538-3.
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

Wikimedijina zbirka ponuja več predstavnostnega gradiva o temi: Beechcraft Model 18.

[BHMD18S-1] "D18S page." Arhivirano 2008-12-31 na Wayback Machine. Beechcraft Heritage Museum. Retrieved: August 24, 2008.

[beechcraft_d18s_twin_beech_nasm-2] "Long Description: Beechcraft D18S Twin Beech." Arhivirano 2016-06-30 na Wayback Machine. National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Retrieved: December 17, 2014.

[beech_c45h_expeditor-3] "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_1982_02_flying_magz-4] "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.

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