pretty 18

ours needs a repaint – acid rain has wrecked the paint on the wings

plenty of rubbing down to do next weekend.

ho hum

how long have you got for the answer

C-45 is the military designation when in US service – there were C-45A right through to C-45H

the Beech D18S is a model 18 variant D and S means it has P & W R-985 engines

the 18 in the picture is actually a US built variant for the Canadian air force a 3TM which is a navigational trainer. Currently owned by Tim Darrah.

the canadian registration was CF-QPD – built in 1954 construction number CA-164

it was operated as RCAF 5193 and 1564

one of 3 operated by Capital Air Surveys in the 80’s it came into Prestwick in 1981 with CF-DTN (now with us at Beech Restorations – search for us on here and you will find a load of pictures and video) the other one is now at Exeter with Skyblue Aviation (CF-SUQ.

i think the high cabin 18 is an 18H model but i would need to check

philip
p.s – i used to own F-4 XV489 cockpit section

i liked the smudge on the 1937 picture – “obviously a tailwheel sticking out of the coral” – talk about it often enough and it becomes true.

2 hours – i sat through 2 hours of it and guess what

crabs – all they found was chuffin crabs

waste of time and money imo

18’s

Seems that there are quite a few Beech 18’s still flying these days. I’ve seen more than my fair share in a number of places it seems.

the more the better – super looking plane

keep the pics coming

very nice pictures

i am still confused by the odd messages tho

the capital air surveys aircraft above – do you have more details

even my beech 18 has a warning horn – pull back the throttles to idle without the undercart down and i certainly lets you know