#Beechcraft T-34 Mentor

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turbid flower
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Single-engine military trainer aircraft, derived from the Model 35 Bonanza and developed in the late 1940's. The T-34 was produced in two main production runs: 1953 to 1959, and 1975 to 1990, with over 2,300 total examples built.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_T-34_Mentor
https://www.flugzeuginfo.net/acdata_php/acdata_t34_en.php
GENERAL STATS (1975 T-34C Turbo-Mentor)
Crew: 2
Length: 28 feet 8 1⁄2 inches (8.750 meters)
Wingspan: 33 feet 3 7⁄8 in (10.157 meters)
Height: 9 feet 7 inches (2.92 meters)
Wing area: 179.6 square feet (16.69 meters squared)
Max takeoff weight: 4,300 pounds (1,950 kilograms)
Fuel capacity: 130 US gallons (490 liters, 110 imperial gallons)
Powerplant: x1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-25 turboprop engine, 550 SHP
Max speed: 246 MPH (396 KMH, 214 knots)
Stall speed: 61 MPH (98 KMH, 53 knots) with flaps down and engine off
Never exceed speed: 320 MPH (520 KMH, 280 knots)
Range: 690 miles (1,111 kilometers, 600 nautical miles)
Service ceiling: 30,000 feet (9,100 meters)
Additional information: T-34's built between 1953 and 1959 used piston engines, examples built between 1975 and 1990 used turboprop engines. No examples were built from 1960 to 1974.

The Beechcraft T-34 Mentor is an American propeller-driven, single-engined, military trainer aircraft derived from the Beechcraft Model 35 Bonanza. The earlier versions of the T-34, dating from around the late 1940s to the 1950s, were piston-engined. These were eventually succeeded by the upgraded T-34C Turbo-Mentor, powered by a turboprop engin...

tardy hedge
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So it’s basically a sad pathetic wannabe Trojan?

slow cove
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T-34C^

tardy hedge
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Trojan still looks better imo

keen jasper
abstract hearth
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Mentor better imo clueless

slow cove