But the Model 18 had a second renaissance after the war. Some 9,000 have been built and are just as important to the twin-engined private market as the Cessna 172 is for single-engined private planes.

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.

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The Beechcraft Model 18 comes with ten liveries in total: a historic Navy, Aviator’s Club, Xbox Aviator’s Club, and seven civil variants. Soaring the skies in the Beechcraft Model 18 is an ...

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, ...

If Marilyn Monroe had been an airplane, she would have been a Beechcraft Model 18. With buxom radial engines and ample forked tail, the Beech 18 has not just the movie star’s curves, but, like ...

The Museum’s Model 18 is one of 9,000 copies that Beech Aircraft Corporation has built since 1937. “Anything that lasts for a 32-year production run has to be pretty damn good,” says Cochrane.

During a flight from St. Louis to Miami in 1940, the Model 18 averaged 234 mph. It shares many similarities with the 12-A, and the United States military also used it to fulfill a variety of roles.