High Gallery
United States Military Aircraft
Beech Aircraft
UC-43 TRAVELLER
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| The first major success for Beech, founded in its current form during 1932 after the original Travel Air Manufacturing Company had been bought by Curtiss-Wright was the Model 17 developed in 1932 as a light transport The type appealed partly because of the performance provided by its retractable land gear , and partly because of the great aesthetic attraction of deep fuselage with its enclosed cabin and biplane wing layout, whose backward stagger led to the nickname "Staggerwing" Some 248 aircraft were produced for civil use before and after the Second World War, but another 492 were built to military orders. In 1939 the type was adopted for communication duties by the US Army Air Corps and the US Navy as the UC-43 and GB respectively, , and later in the war considerable numbers were supplied to Great Britain under lend lease. |
TECHNICAL DATA
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Description |
Specifications |
| Manufacturer: Beechcraft | Length: 26 ft. 2 in. |
| First Flight: Unknown | Height: 10 ft. 3 in. |
| Model: 17 | Wing Span: 32 ft. 0 in. |
| Crew: One | Wing Area: 296.0 sq. ft. |
| Nickname: Traveller | Empty Weight: 3,085 lb. |
| Basic Role: Light transport. | Max. Weight: 4,700 lb |
| Other Versions: Model 17 civil model in several sub variants, of which many were impressed with the designations UC-43A/H,J and K. UC-43 military version of the D-17s. GB naval version in two sub variants. Traveller British Lend lease version | Pay Load: Four passengers |
| Principal User: Australia, Great Britain, and USA. |
Propulsion |
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Performance |
Power Plant: Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-1/3 radial piston engine. |
| Range: 500 miles. | Horsepower: 450-hp |
| Max. Speed: 195 mph. | No. Of Engines: One |
| Ceiling: 20,000 ft. | |
| Climb Rate: 1,500 ft. per minute. | Photo by P. Guerin |