USAF Museum, Dayton, OH - WWII - Other Aircraft / 02 Beech AT-11 Kansan
Bill Maloney 10/28/2006 |
Other Beechcraft C-45 Expeditors and a Beech Super 18 at other aviation museums in the northeast |
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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 |
Another Beech C-45 Expeditor can be found at the Historical Aircraft Restoration Program at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY | The civilian version of the C-45, the Beechcraft Super 18, can be found at the Mid Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, PA |
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
The AT-11 is a bomber and navigator trainer version of the Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, also known as the Beech Super 18 on the civilian market.