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E18S N255D (BA-16) at Opa Locka, Florida in April 1995, operating
as a freighter with Eagle Wings St Lucia. Photo: John Chapman |
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E18S N711DN (BA-43) rebuilt as a turbine tailwheel Hamilton Westwind
III, seen at Des Moines, Iowa in August 1980. Des Moines was home
base for owner SMB Stage Lines, which operated a large fleet of
various Beech 18 models. The company took its name from an early
horse stage coach service Sedalia-Marshall-Boonville Stage Line.
The worn paintwork clearly shows the crew entry hatch modification
on the left side of the cockpit, to allow the cabin to fully loaded
with cargo. Photo: Charles E. Stewart |
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E18S JA5014 (BA-50) seen in Japan in the 1950s owned by Yomiuri
Shimbunsha Newspaper, Tokyo. Photo: Geoff Goodall collection |
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E18S N3723B (BA-52) at Minneapolis, Minnesota in early 1960, in
an attractive paint scheme with the titles of its owner Al Johnson
Construction Co, Minneapolis. It was damaged soon after when it
ran off an ice covered runway, and was rebuilt with Volpar trigear.
Photo: Eddie Coates |
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E18S N700W (BA-54) at Ottumwa, Iowa in August 1979 as a night freighter
with SMB Stage Lines. In its earlier executive days it had been
fitted with an extended panoramic window.
Photo: Charles E. Stewart |
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E18S N1776U trigear (BA-56) at Long Beach, California in 1963, just
after it was modified with a Volpar tricycle undercarriage kit.
It also has a wrap-around windscreen modification. Photo: Eddie
Coates |
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E18S N3781B (BA-81) at Bundaberg, Queensland in August 1998, several
days after Australian owner Bob Keys had ferried it down from Palau,
Micronesia where it had the exotic registration V6-CAB. Keys later
registered it as VH-CIJ. Photo: Geoff Goodall |
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E18S BA83 (BA-83) at Paris-Orly in 1963, with the French Air Force
as a VIP transport. French military serials were based on the aircraft's
identity, either c/n or previous serial number.
Photo: Bob Neate collection |
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E18S 9Q-CHK (BA-94) at Paris during 1963, visiting from Katanga.
It is fitted with a weather radar nose cone. Photo: Bob Neate collection
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E18S N17SL (BA-110) rebuilt as a trigear Volpar Turboliner II, seen
parked at Kansas City-Downtown, Missouri in August 1980 while in
use on night freight schedules by Soonair, Tulsa.
Photo: Charles E. Stewart |
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E18S G-ASUG (BA-111) in 1965 painted cream and brown, while owned
by Survey Flights Ltd, Coleraine, Northern Ireland. It had extensive
survey modifications installed at Stansted, including a transparent
nose cone. Photo: Bob Neate collection |
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E18S N3038C (BA-374) at Eden Prairie, Minnesota in July 2002 with
the Hamilton extended nose modification, which was popular with
freight operators to allow improved load distribution.
Photo: Dave Prossor |
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G18S N123L (BA-465) at Long Beach, California in 1961, only a year
old and wearing an attractive factory paint scheme. Photo: Eddie
Coates |
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G18S N9633R (BA-479) a classic Eddie Coates photograph of a brand
new G18S, taken at the old Stapleton Airport at Denver, Colorado
in 1960. This was a timber company executive aircraft, delivered
in a 1960 range custom paint scheme, with the name The Timberliner
under the cockpit. |
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G18S N9682R (BA-605). The end of the line: two Beech G18S freighters
retired and stripped of engines and parts, on the edge of the airfield
at Texarkana, Arkansas in August 1997.
Photo: Gordon Reid |
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G18S N732EB (BA-506) at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in September 1979
light. Owned by a small air cargo operator Southland Flyers of Memphis,
it was one of hundreds of Twin Beech freighters that flew night
freight and sacks of US Mail across USA in the 1960s-80s. Charles
Stewart had a part-time job on the cargo ramp at OKC and specialised
in these early morning photographs. |
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G18S F-BJLC (BA-553) at Paris-Le Bourget in June 1963, owned by
Taxis Aeriens Mecure. The aircraft has the panoramic window and
additional radio aerials. Photo: Bob Neate collection |
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G18S N961GP (BA-559) at Des Moines, Iowa in August 1980 wirth SMB
Stage Lines. This much-modified aircraft had once been an American
Turbine Engine Co ATE Westwind III with PT-6As, later rebuilt by
Hamilton Aircraft at Tucson, Arizona as a tailwheel Hamilton Westwind
III, which included the Hamilton extended nose. Photo: Charles E.
Stewart |
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G18S trigear RP-C1932 (BA-607) at Manila-Domestic, Philippines in
May 1986. It had been retrofitted with a Volpar Trigear kit during
earlier executive service in USA. Photo: Mike Vincent |
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H18 trigear G-ASNX (BA-663) at London-Gatwick in 1964, just after
this brand new H18 was ferried across the Atlantic from Wichita
for British owner Cameron Iron Works. It was ordered with the factory-fitted
trigear option and executive interior. Photo: Bob Neate collection
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H18 trigear N21S (BA-690) at Kailua-Kona, Hawaii in August 1981
owned by Panorama Air Tour, part of a formation of Beech 18 trigears
carrying tourists on the "All Islands in A Day Tour". On this day
the tourist formation comprised 16 Beech 18s from three different
companies. Photo: Geoff Goodall |
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H18 trigear VH-PDI (BA-704) at Cairns, Queensland in November 1979,
while being used on scheduled passenger services by Sunbird Airlines.
Photo: Michael Austin |
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H18 trigear VH-PDI (BA-704) at Perth WA in September 1980. It was
now owned by Eagle Airways of Sydney, which held a contract delivering
day-old chickens to poultry farms across Australia. Nicknamed Chicken
Man, VH-PDI carried thousands of chics in small cardboard boxes
on each trip. Note the Big Bird motif on nose. Photo: Geoff Goodall
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H18 trigear A-8037 (BA-743) of the Indonesian Army, seen under overhaul
at Singapore-Seletar in September 1972. The name Indonesia Timur
is painted on the nose. Photo: Ron Killick |
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H18 trigear N26493 (BA-764) at Agana, Guam in October 1982. At the
time it was used for inter-island air freight in Micronesia, central
Pacific, retaining the faded paintwork of earlier owner, the Japanese
Maritime Safety Agency. This was the penultimate Beech 18 built,
at the end of a 32 year production run. Photo: Michael Austin |
