Beechcraft T-34C
Beechcraft T-34C Mentor
The T-34 Mentor was developed as a private venture by the Beechcraft company in the late 1940s as an inexpensive alternative to the North American T-6 Texan. The T-34A was produced for the U.S. Air Force beginning in 1953, and the T-34B for the U.S. Navy began production two years later. Both versions were powered by piston engines. Nearly two thousand were built by factories in the U.S., Canada, Japan, and Argentina by 1959. The T-34C was developed in the 1973 at the request of the U.S. Navy and featured a change to a turbo-prop engine and other modernizations. This version was built up until 1990.
| Wingspan | 33 ft 4 in. |
Wingspan |
| Length | 28 ft 8 in. |
Length |
| Height | 9 ft 7 in. |
Height |
| Weight | 4,300 lbs (loaded) |
Weight |
| Max. Speed | 320 MPH |
Maximum Speed |
| Service Ceiling | 30,000 ft |
Service Ceiling |
| Range | 708 miles |
Range |
| Engines | One Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-25 turboprop with 550 horsepower |
Engine |
| Crew | 2 |
Crew |
Manufacturer
Beechcraft
Markings
Training Air Wing 4 (TAW-4,) Naval Air Station Corpus Christy, Texas, 2011
Serial Number
164172
Designation
T-34C