Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The irony of the ac business is that there probably some parts in common between an 18 and some king airs. The outer wing panels on some models of king airs are outwardly identical to bonanza wings, although beefed up. It's the nature of the business. A major market for the king airs is for military utility use as transports and super secret electronic spy planes. The turboprop is ideally suited to slower speeds, long loiter times, and turboshaft engines are generally more reliable and have longer TBO's that turbojets. The king air's pt-6 engines are especially good. If the beech 18 was sued as a light bomber, which I doubt, it would have been limited to dropping grenades out of windows. -----Original Message----- From: Sonny Carter Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 1:22 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Airplane ID? A Beech King Air is a very different aircraft from what Tina showed http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beechcraft_Super_King_Air_B200_vr.jpg On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>wrote: > Well, according to Wikipedia the Honduran Air Force have 1 Beechcraft > Super King > Air 200 in service, which is described as a "utility transport" and is a > Beecraft 18 twin beech variant. They were used as light bobmbers in some > places > in WWII. So it would fit. > > Peter > > On 21/05/2013 22:10, Tina Manley wrote: > > PESO: > > > > Any of you airplane buffs know what kind of plane this is? > > > > http://www.pbase.com/image/150324376 > > > > I was told at the time it was a WWII bomber. I flew in it with a > > medical > > mission group to the Mosquito Coast after Hurricane Mitch. We loaded > > the > > plane with so many medical supplies that it had to circle very slowly > > around and around until it got enough altitude to get over the mountains > > around Tegucigalpa. I was the co-pilot ;-) sat in the seat and wore > > the > > earphones, anyway! > > > > C&C greatly appreciated. > > > > Tina > > > > -- > > =========================================================== > Dr Peter Dzwig > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information