Floyd Bennett Field - HARP - Beech C-45 / SNB-5 Expeditor
Bill Maloney
3/4/2009

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01 Beech C-45 Expeditor 02 Beech C-45 Expeditor Tail 03 Beech C-45 Tailwheel 04 Beech C-45 Expeditor Tail
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Beech C-45 / SNB-5 Expeditor Specifications:

Other Beechcraft C-45 Expeditors and a Beech Super 18 at other aviation museums in the northeast
Beech C-45 Expeditor at the Air Mobility Command Museum C-45 Expeditor at the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum
Another Beech C-45 Expeditor can be found at the Air Mobility Command Museum in Dover, DE Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor at the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum in Geneseo, NY
Beechcraft AT-11Kansan Beechcraft Super 18
A Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan at the US Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH The civilian version of the C-45, the Beechcraft Super 18, can be found at the Mid Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, PA
Beechcraft C-45  Expeditor Beechcraft E-17S Expeditor
A Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor at the MAPS Air Museum in North Canton, OH Beechcraft E-18S Expeditor at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Mount Hope, Ontario, Canada

Length: 34 feet, 3 inches
Wingspan:
47 feet, 8 inches
Height:
10 feet, 0 inches
Crew:
2 + 4
Weight:
Empty 5,900lbs Loaded - 7,800 lbs
Max Speed: 224 mph
Cruise Speed: 145 mph
Range: 745 miles
Service Ceiling: 20,000 feet
Powerplant: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-1 Wasp Junior Radial Engines 450hp ea
Fuel Capacity: 250 gallons
First Flight: 1943
Cost: $59,000

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