Sunday, March 15, 2015

Beechcraft D18S Twin advert, 1946


With someone from Greek mythology (Zeus?) as a time machine.

Details, according to this webpage:-

"18S 1939 (ATC 710) = 8p with 450hp P&W Wasp; length: 34'3" load: 2450# v: 240/220/60 range: 1000. POP: total 5,200. To AAC/AAF asAT-7, AT-11, C-45, and F-2; to USN as JRB-1 and SNB-1. In total, the Beech 18 line had 32 variants, and more than 9,000 civil and military planes had been built when the last one (a Super 18H) rolled off the assembly line on 11/26/69, accounting for the longest production run in aviation history!"

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