List of Beechcraft models explained

The following is a list of all aerospace models produced by Beechcraft since its inception in 1932.

Models

• Model 16 – Single-engined, all-metal training aircraft
• Model 17 Staggerwing – Single-radial-engined fabric-covered biplane utility aircraft, tailwheel landing gear
• Model 18 Twin Beech – Twin-radial-engined all-metal utility aircraft, tailwheel landing gear
• Model 19 Musketeer Sport – Lower-powered trainer developed from Model 23, rear seat optional, fixed tricycle landing gear
• Model 22 – Unbuilt high speed bomber^[1]
• Model 23 Musketeer/Custom/Sundowner – Single-engined all-metal utility aircraft, fixed tricycle landing gear^[2]
• Model M-23N – Unbuilt carrier based scout bomber
• Model 24 Super/Sierra – Higher-powered development of Model 23; Super R and Sierra have retractable landing gear^{[3] [2]}
• Model 25 – Prototype twin-engined trainer entered production as the Model 26
• Model 25J – Unbuilt twin engine observation airplane
• Model 26 Wichita – Twin-engined trainer built primarily of wood
• Model 026 – Unbuilt observation airplane
• Model 28 Grizzly – Prototype twin-engined attack aircraft
• Model 33 Debonair/Bonanza – Development of Model 35 with conventional tail, initially marketed as Debonair, rebranded as Bonanza in 1968^[4]
• Model 34 Twin-Quad – Prototype small airliner; the largest aircraft ever built by Beechcraft
• Model 35 Bonanza – Single-engined utility aircraft, retractable tricycle landing gear, V-tail
• Model 36 Bonanza – Lengthened development of Model 33 with conventional tail^[5]
• Model 38P Lightning – Experimental turboprop utility aircraft.
• Model 40 – Twin-engined Bonanza, only one produced, two engines driving one propeller
• Model 45 Mentor – Tandem two-seat single-engined military trainer produced for U.S. military as T-34
• Model 46 – Twin-engined trainer for the United States Air Force as T-36A, program canceled, prototype built but not flown
• Model 50 Twin Bonanza – Twin-engined utility aircraft; despite its name, it is mostly a new design using only a few Bonanza subassemblies^[6]
• Model 55 Baron – Twin-engined high-performance utility aircraft; derived from the Model 95 Travel Air
• Model 56 Baron – Turbocharged variant of the Model 55
• Model 58 Baron – Lengthened development of Model 55 with dual rear passenger doors; pressurization offered^[7]
• Model 60 Duke – Twin-engined high-performance utility aircraft
• Model 65 Queen Air – Twin-engined transport aircraft; derived from the Model 50 Twin Bonanza
• Model 70 Queen Air – Twin-engined transport aircraft; derived from the Model 65
• Model 73 Jet Mentor – Prototype for two-seat tandem jet trainer
• Model 76 Duchess – Twin-engined four-seat trainer developed from Model 24 Sierra with new T-tail^[8]
• Model 77 Skipper – Single-engined two-seat primary trainer with fixed tricycle landing gear
• Model 79 Queen Airliner – Variant of the Model A65 for regional airlines, not built
• Model 80 Queen Air – Twin-engined transport aircraft; Model 65 with swept tail
• Model 87 – One Model A80 with turboprop engines.
• Model 88 Queen Air – Twin-engined transport aircraft; Model 80 with pressurised 10-seat cabin
• Model 89 Queen Airliner – Variant of the Model A80 for regional airlines, not built
• Model 90 King Air – Twin-turboprop-engined transport aircraft, developed from the Queen Air 88
• Model 95 Travel Air – Twin-engine development of the Model 35 Bonanza using Model 45 Mentor tail; more closely related to Bonanza than similarly named Twin Bonanza^[9]
• Model 99 Airliner – Twin-turboprop-engined small airliner; derived from the Queen Air 80
• Model 100 King Air – Twin-turboprop-engined transport aircraft, developed from the King Air 90
• Model 112 – 1957 twin-turboprop project, not built
• Model 115 – 85% size concept prototype for the Model 2000
• Model 120 – 1962 twin-turboprop project, not built
• Model 200 Super King Air – Development of the King Air 100
• Model 220 Denali – Single-turboprop high-performance utility aircraft^[10]
• Model 300 Super King Air – Development of the King Air 200
• Model 390 Premier – Twin-turbofan-engined utility aircraft
• Model 400 Beechjet – Twin-turbofan-engined utility aircraft, originally designed and manufactured by Mitsubishi
• Model 1001 – Target drone produced for U.S. military as AQM-39^[11]
• Model 1019 – Target drone produced for U.S. military as AQM-37
• Model 1025 – Drone later MQM-25
• Model 1074 Pave Eagle – Drone variant of the Model 33 Bonanza for use by the U.S. military as the QU-22A
• Model 1079 Pave Eagle II – Drone variant of the Model 36 Bonanza for use by the U.S. military as the QU-22B
• Model 1300 – Proposed 13-seat commuter variant of the Model B200. 14 airframes delivered.
• Model 1900 Airliner – Twin-turboprop-engined airliner development of Model 200 Super King Air
• Model 2000 Starship – Twin-turboprop-engined utility aircraft with canard configuration and pusher propellers
• Model 3000 Texan II – Military turboprop trainer

Project Design Numbers

• PD.208 - Prototype for the Model 99
• PD.289 - Became the Model 76 Duchess
• PD.290 King Air 400 - Experimental conversion of a King Air 200.

United States military designations

Designation	Model Number	Description
XA-38 Grizzly	Model 28	Three-seat heavy attack aircraft^[12]
AT-7 Navigator	Model 18	Navigation trainer^[13]
AT-10	Model 18	All-wood version of the AT-7^[14]
AT-11 Kansan	Model 18	Bomber/Gunnery training
C-6	Model 90	Light transport^[15]
C-12	Model 200	Utility transport^[16]
C-43 Traveler	Model 17	Utility transport^[17]
C-45 Expeditor	Model 18	Utility Transport
F-2	Model 18	Photographic reconnaissance
L-23 Seminole	Model 50	Utility and liaison transport^[18]
L-23F	Model 65	Utility transport
T-7 Navigator	Model 18	Re-designation from AT-7^[19]
T-11	Model 18	Re-designation from AT-11
T-34 Mentor	Model 45	Primary/basic trainer^[20]
T-36	Model 46	Advanced trainer, one built but not flown
T-42 Cochise	Model 55	Pilot conversion trainer^[21]
T-44	Model 90	Instrument trainer^[22]
T-1 Jayhawk	Model 400	Pilot jet training
T-6	Model 3000	Turboprop trainer
U-8 Seminole	Model 50	Re-designation from L-23^[23]
U-21 King Air	Model 90	Army utility^[24]
U-22	Model 36	Intelligence-gathering
U-25	Model 200	Army utility
GB	Model 17	Utility transport for US Navy^[25]
JB	Model 17	Utility transport for US Navy^[26]
JRB	Model 18	Naval version of the C-45/F-2^[27]
SNB	Model 18	Naval version of AT-7/AT-11

British military designations

• Expeditor - Model 18 (C-45)^[28]
• Traveller - Model 17 (C-43/GB)^[29]

Canadian military designations

• CT-134 Musketeer – Model 23
• CT-145 Super King Air – Model 200
• CT-156 Harvard II – Model 3000

Other products

• Beechcraft Plainsman – Post-World War II automobile that reached the prototype stage before being cancelled
• Beechcraft AQM-37 Jayhawk – Air-launched target drone aircraft with a single rocket engine
• Beechcraft MQM-61A Cardinal – Drone aircraft with a single horizontally-opposed two-stroke piston engine and propeller
• Beechcraft MQM-107 Streaker – Unmanned target drone aircraft

Notes

1. Book: Parmerter . Robert K. . Beech 18: A Civil & Military History . 2004 . Staggerwing Museum Foundation . Tullahoma, Tennessee . 0-9748312-0-4 . 484.
2. Web site: Budget Buys - Affordable Luxury . Marsh . Alton K. . 5 April 2002 . www.aopa.org . . 26 July 2021.
3. Simpson 1991, pp. 38-53
4. Web site: Bonanza F33A - Ticket to Adventure . 5 February 1998 . www.aopa.org . . 29 July 2019.
5. Web site: Beechcraft Bonanza . www.aopa.org . 9 October 2009 . . 29 July 2020.
6. Web site: Beech Twin Bonanza: A Legend Roars On . Bedell. Peter A.. 5 September 1999. www.aopa.org . . 26 February 2021.
7. Web site: Hawker Beechcraft Baron G58: The Baron Turns 50. Bedell. Peter A.. aopa.org. Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. December 5, 2010. February 24, 2021.
8. Web site: Beechcraft Duchess . avweb.com . . 5 August 2005 . 26 July 2021.
9. Web site: Beech Travel Air: Baron Lite . Bedell. Peter A.. 5 October 2002. www.aopa.org . . 26 February 2021.
10. Web site: Siebenmark . Jerry . Second Beechcraft Denali Completes First Flight . 2022-08-15 . Aviation International News . en.
11. Andrade 1979, pp. 234-235
12. Andrade 1979, p. 35
13. Andrade 1979, p. 41
14. Andrade 1979, p. 41
15. Andrade 1979, p. 95
16. Andrade 1979, p. 96
17. Andrade 1979, pp. 64-65
18. Andrade 1979, p. 134
19. Andrade 1979, p. 164
20. Andrade 1979, p. 166
21. Andrade 1979, p. 168
22. Andrade 1979, p. 169
23. Andrade 1979, p. 172
24. Andrade 1979, p. 173
25. Andrade 1979, p. 193
26. Andrade 1979, p. 198
27. Andrade 1979, p. 199
28. Andrade 1979, p. 241
29. Andrade 1979, p. 247

References

• Book: Andrade, John M. U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Midland Counties Publications. 1979. Leicester, England. 0-904597-22-9.
• Book: Simpson, R.W.. Airlife's General Aviation. 1991. Airlife Publishing. Shrewsbury, England. 1-85310-194-X.
• Book: Swanborough . Gordon . Bowers . Peter M. . 1976 . United States Navy Aircraft since 1911 . 2nd . Annapolis, Maryland . Naval Institute Press . 0-87021-968-5.