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U. S. Military Aircraft
AT-11
KANSAN |
| Beech's Model 18 civil transport was developed during the Second War in a number of forms for the military, initially as the C-45 light transport. The AT-7 Navigator was ordered in 1941 as a navigation trainer version with an astrodome, chart tables and instruments for three trainees. Production totaled 577 AT-7s with 450-hp R985-25 radials, six AT-7s float plane, nine winterized AT-7Bs and 549 AT-7Cs with higher weights. Another 1941 version was the AT-11 Kansan gunnery and bombing trainer. This has a small bomb bay, a glazed nose with bomb sight, and two machine guns, one in the nose and the other in a dorsal turret. Production for US use totaled 1,582 of which 36 were modified to AT-11A navigation trainer, and other were converted as C-45G and C-45H transport. After the war, the AT-11 and AT-11A became T-11 and T-11A respectively, the latter then being modernized to T-11B standard as well as the above planes the US Army possessed 24 AT-11s originally built to satisfy an order from the Netherlands. |
TECHNICAL DATA
| Description | Specifications |
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Manufacturer: Beechcraft |
Length: 34 ft. 2 in. |
| First Flight: Unknown | Height: 9 ft. 8 in. |
| Model: AT-7 | Wing Span: 47 ft 8 in. |
| Crew: Five | Wing Area: 349.0 sq. ft. |
| Nickname: Navigator & Kansan | Empty Weight: 6,175 lb. |
| Basic Role: Navigation trainer. | Max. Weight: 8,727 lb. |
| Other Versions: AT-7 navigator trainer in four sub variants. AT-11 gunnery and bomber trainer in two sub variants. | Armament: None |
| Principal User: United States |
Propulsion |
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Performance |
Power Plant: Pratt & Whitney R-985-an-1/3 radial piston engine. |
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Range: 850 miles. |
Horsepower: 450-hp. |
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Max. Speed: 215 mph. |
No. Of Engines: Two |
| Ceiling: 20,000 ft. | |
| Climb Rate: 10,000 ft. in 10 minutes 6 seconds. | |
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