Beechcraft Model 18
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Beechcraft Model 18

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Beechcraft Model 18(亦称“Twin Beech”)是一款由位于堪萨斯州威奇托的Beech Aircraft Corporation制造的6至11座、双引擎、低翼、后三点式轻型飞机。该机型从1937年持续生产至1969年11月(超过32年,当时创下世界纪录),共制造了9,000多架,使其成为世界上使用最广泛的轻型飞机之一。作为民用行政、通用、货运飞机及客运航班,它在全球范围内销售,可配备后三点式起落架、前三点式起落架、滑雪板或浮筒,同时也被用作军用飞机。

在第二次世界大战期间及战后,超过4,500架Beech 18被用于军事服务——作为轻型运输机、轻型轰炸机(为中国)、机组人员训练机(用于轰炸、导航和射击训练)、侦察机以及靶机的“母舰”——包括美国陆军航空队(USAAF)的C-45 Expeditor、AT-7 Navigator和AT-11 Kansan;以及美国海军(USN)的UC-45J Navigator、SNB-1 Kansan等型号。在第二次世界大战期间,超过90%的美国陆军航空队轰炸机飞行员和导航员在这些飞机上接受训练。

在战后初期,Beech 18是卓越的“公务机”和“支线客机”。除了运载乘客外,其民用用途还包括空中喷洒、无菌昆虫释放、鱼类投放、干冰云种播撒、空中消防、航空邮件投递、救护服务、众多电影制作、跳伞、货运、武器和毒品走私、发动机测试平台、空中写字、横幅拖曳和特技飞行。全球许多飞机为私人所有,截至2017年8月,美国仍有240架在FAA飞机登记处注册。

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Beech 18 on floats in Manitoba , 1986
Beech 18 on floats in Manitoba , 1986
Beechcraft AT-11 over the West Texas prairies, around 1944
Beechcraft AT-11 over the West Texas prairies, around 1944
Private Beech H18 with the optional tricycle undercarriage visiting Lannion , France
Private Beech H18 with the optional tricycle undercarriage visiting Lannion , France
Beechcraft 18 on floats
Beechcraft 18 on floats
A 3-view line drawing of a Model E18S
A 3-view line drawing of a Model E18S
A Model G18S arriving at the 2016 RIAT , England
A Model G18S arriving at the 2016 RIAT , England
C-45F at the Barksdale Global Power Museum
C-45F at the Barksdale Global Power Museum
C-45H/AT-7 CAF , Platte Valley Airpark , Hudson, Colorado, June 2007
C-45H/AT-7 CAF , Platte Valley Airpark , Hudson, Colorado, June 2007
A cutaway view of a C-45H
A cutaway view of a C-45H
AT-11 at the Barksdale Global Power Museum
AT-11 at the Barksdale Global Power Museum
A 3-view line drawing of an AT-11
A 3-view line drawing of an AT-11
F-2s in Alaska, 1941
F-2s in Alaska, 1941
SNB-1 Kansan
SNB-1 Kansan
SNB-2 Navigator
SNB-2 Navigator
RAF C-45 Expeditor HB260 of the Allied Control Commission, Bulgaria, 1945.
RAF C-45 Expeditor HB260 of the Allied Control Commission, Bulgaria, 1945.
PacAero Tradewind
PacAero Tradewind
Hamilton Westwind III conversion at an airfield in Tennessee
Hamilton Westwind III conversion at an airfield in Tennessee
Military Model 18 operators
Military Model 18 operators
Argentine Navy C-45
Argentine Navy C-45
Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor in RCAF Air Transport Command markings
Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor in RCAF Air Transport Command markings
C-45 as used by the Swiss Air Force for civilian aerial photography missions
C-45 as used by the Swiss Air Force for civilian aerial photography missions
Beechcraft Model D18S of the Indonesian National Police
Beechcraft Model D18S of the Indonesian National Police
UC-45J BuNo.89484 of the now defunct Military Air Transport Service
UC-45J BuNo.89484 of the now defunct Military Air Transport Service
ROC Air Force AT-11
ROC Air Force AT-11
Beech 18/C-45 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force
Beech 18/C-45 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force
Beechcraft UC-45F in flight
Beechcraft UC-45F in flight
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force SNB-4
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force SNB-4
3-view line drawing of the Beechcraft SNB-2 Navigator
3-view line drawing of the Beechcraft SNB-2 Navigator