With designer Ted Wells, they developed the first aircraft under the Beechcraft name, the classic Model 17 Staggerwing, which first flew in November 1932.

Other important Beech planes are the King Air / Super King Air line of twin-engine turboprops, in production since 1964, the Baron, a twin-engine variant of the Bonanza, and the Beechcraft Model 18, originally a business transport and commuter airliner from the late 1930s through the 1960s, which remains in active service as a cargo transport.

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* Model 34 Twin-Quad Prototype small airliner ; the largest aircraft ever built by Beechcraft

* Beechcraft Model 40 A Twin engined Bonanza, only one produced unique " over-under " arrangement of engines

* Beechcraft Model 73 Jet Mentor Prototype for two seat tandem jet trainer.

* 1941 – Philippine Airlines, the flag carrier of the Philippines took its first flight between Manila ( from Nielson Field ) to Baguio City with a Beechcraft Model 18 making the airline the first and oldest commercial airline in Asia operating under its original name.

Jet engines were applied after World War II, in such types as the Teledyne Ryan Firebee I of 1951, while companies like Beechcraft also got in the game with their Model 1001 for the United States Navy in 1955.

During the 1960s to 1980s, typical destinations were Springfield and Carbondale, and typical aircraft were the Beechcraft Model 99 and Piper PA-31 Navajo.

* C-6 Ute and U-21 Ute, two military variants of the Beechcraft King Air Model 90

* Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing AAF Beech UC / YC-43 Traveler ( Navy GB-1 / 2 )

* Beechcraft Super King Air Model B200

* Beechcraft Commuter Model 1900

* August 25 – Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808, a Beechcraft Model 99, crashes at Auburn, Maine, while on final approach to Auburn / Lewiston Municipal Airport, killing all eight people on board ; among them is 13-year-old Samantha Smith, an American school girl who had become famous as a " Goodwill Ambassador " to the Soviet Union and who had been cast on the television show Lime Street.

* July 12-Scaled Composites / Beechcraft Model 143 Triumph N143SC, also first flight of the Williams International FJ44 turbofan engine.

From 1996 the fleet of piston-powered aircraft were replaced with more modern turboprop aircraft, and by 2000 the fleet consisted of one Beechcraft Model 99 and three Hawker Siddeley 748 Series 2As.

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The most popular V-tailed aircraft in mass production was the Beechcraft Bonanza Model 35, often known as the V-tail Bonanza or simply V-Tail.

In the 1990s, the embargo was lifted and the Lockheed L-188 Electras ( civilian aircraft converted for maritime patrol ) were finally retired and replaced with similar P-3B Orions and civilian Beechcraft King Air Model 200 were locally converted to the MP variant.

They were replaced by Beechcraft Model B200 Super King Airs leased from Pacific Aeromotive.

During the 1960s the airline operated a Beechcraft Model 99 and six Convair 600s, along with the inevitable DC-3s.

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* July 19 – Beech Model 26, prototype of the Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita

* December 2 – Beechcraft Model 45, prototype of the Beechcraft T-34 Mentor

In 1942 Beech won its first Army-Navy ‘ E ’ Award production award and became one of the elite five percent of war contracting firms in the country to win five straight awards for production efficiency, mostly for the production of the Beechcraft 18 which remains in widespread use worldwide.

* Beechcraft D18 ( Beech 18 ) trainer and utility plane: 2

In the 1970s, The Tim Conway Show paired Tim with Joe Flynn of McHale's Navy in a sitcom as owners-pilots of a one-plane ( a Beechcraft 18 ) airline operated by the pair.

* December 10 – Singer Otis Redding and four members of his back-up band, The Bar-Kays, are among six people killed in the crash of a Beechcraft 18 into Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin.

Beechcraft AT-7 Navigator: see Beechcraft Model 18 Serial Number: 42-2438 Registration: N8073H Markings: U. S. Army Air Forces, World War II.

Beechcraft AT-11 " Kansan ": see Beechcraft Model 18 Serial Number: 41-9577 Registration: N6953C Markings: U. S. Army Air Forces, World War II.

Beechcraft UC-45J Expeditor: see Beechcraft Model 18 Serial Number: 29646 Registration: N1082 Markings: Civil Markings, N6000V.

Beechcraft UC-45J SNB-2 Navigator: sse Beechcraft Model 18 Serial Number: 39213 Markings: U. S. Navy, Los Alamitos NAS, California, 1967.

* A Beechcraft Model 18

By October 1945 SAHSA had also acquired a Douglas DC-3 and a Beechcraft Model 18.

* Beechcraft Model 18

In the 1960s, the airline operated Douglas DC-3s, a Beechcraft Model 18 and a Beechcraft Musketeer.

The fleet was joined in 1962 by a Beechcraft Model 18 executive aircraft, and a Bristol 170 which was leased from Iberia.

The Beechcraft Model 18 and many modern military aircraft such as the American F-14, F-15, and F / A-18 use this configuration.

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