Happy Birthday To The Beechcraft T-34 Mentor

Aircorps Art Dec 2019

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30th Birthday Wishes Celebrating 3 Decades

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Here is a photo of a four-ship T-34 element at the 2012 Indianapolis Air Show.

By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC

Sixty-six years ago today, the Beechcraft T-34 Mentor took flight for the first time.  A two-seat pilot trainer, the T-34 developed from the Beechcraft 35 Bonanza and was the west’s most successful postwar basic trainer.  Fully aerobatic, the Mentor was strengthened to withstand +6g and -3g.  The Air Force adopted the T-34A in 1953 as its first postwar primary trainer and the Navy followed in 1955 with the T-34B variant.  Mentors were also built under license in Argentina, Canada and Japan.  The  Mentor is used by the Lima Lima Flight Team and aerobatic pilot Julie Clark on the air show circuit.

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