History:
N45SK WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT AS A AT-7 BUT WAS REBUILT AS A C-45 BY BEECHCRAFT IN 1953 FOR THE USAF AS A C-45H. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS SURPLUSED BY THE USAF AND SOLD TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI WHERE IT SERVED AS AN EXECUTIVE AIRPLANE. UNLIKE MANY AIRCRAFT THAT SURVIVE FORM THIS SERIES, IT WAS NEVER A FREIGHTER, BUT WENT STRAIGHT FROM USAF USE INTO EXECUTIVE USE. IT WAS RESTORED IN 1993 TO ITS CURRENT CONFIGURATION. THE C45 SERIES OF AIRCRAFT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE BEECHCRAFT AIRCRAFT COMPANY. THE BEECH 18 WAS DESIGNED PRIOR TO WWII AS AN EXECUTIVE TRANSPORT. BEECH DID WELL WITH THE BEECH MODEL 18 HOWEVER AS THE THREAT OF WAR LOOMED AHEAD THE MODEL 18 WAS ORDERED BY THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORP AND NAVY TO FILL A VARIETY OF REQUIREMENTS. THE BEECH MODEL 18 BECAME KNOWN AS THE C45, AT7, AT11, F2 FOR THE AIR CORPS AND THE JRB, SNB FOR THE NAVY. THERE WERE MANY VARIENTS OF THESE MODELS. THEY WERE USED AS TRANSPORTS, PILOT, TRAINERS, NAV TRAINERS, BOMBER TRAINERS, AIR ALMULANCE,PHOTO RECON AND MANY OTHER ROLES FOR THE MILITARY.
| Registration Number | Date of Manufacture |
| N45SK | 1943 |
| Aircraft Role | Nickname |
| Transport/Navigation Trainer/Gun, Bomber Trainer | Kansan, Navigator, Slow Navy Bomber |
| Aircraft Type: | Wingspan: |
| Beechcraft C-45/AT-7/AT-11/SNB/JRB | 47 feet 8 inches |
| Overall length: | Empty weight: |
| 34 feet 3 inches | 6175 US pounds |
| Gross weight: | Fuel capacity: |
| 8950 pounds | 256 US GALLONS |
| Oil capacity | Engine type: |
| 15 gallons per engine | Two 450 hp Pratt & Whitney R985 AN-1 radial piston engines |
| Propeller type: | Max Speed |
| Hamilton Standard Hydromatic 2 blade propellers | 215 mph |
| Rate of Climb | Cruise Speed |
| 185 mph | |
| Service Ceiling | Number of Crew |
| 21,400 feet | 7 |
| Armament | Bomb Load |
| Number Built | Number Surviving |
| 9388+ | 250+ many converted to civilian use |
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Restoration
Completed in 1993 to update exterior, interior and avionics.
Air Conditioned! Electric, with cockpit & cabin outlets
King Air Style / late model Pilot seats, have original seats
Full co-pilots instruments
All Panel Instruments new or OHC at restoration
Engine Fire Extinguishing System
Complete new marine plywood floors, including cockpit!
Century III Auto Pilot with Approach Coupling to GPS & NAV1
Shadin Fuel Computer linked to GPS
Davtron 811B Clock, flight timer switched by landing gear
Sigtronics cockpit intercom
Bendix – King KCS 55A Compass System, KI 525A HSI switched to GPS & Nav1
KMD 150 MFD Moving Map with Terrain, displays WX500 StormScope
Bendix-King Gold Crown remote Audio Amp & Marker Beacon Receiver
KLN 90B GPS with annunciators
KX 165 Nav1 / Comm1
KY 196A Comm2
KNS 81 Rnav / Nav2
KN 63 DME
KR 87 ADF
KT 79 solid state Transponder
KI 229 RMI with GPS / Nav1 / Nav2 switching
KRA 10 Radio Altimeter
Rosen Sun Visors
Leather wrapped Yokes
Gorgeous Leather & Wool Interior – Tan & Blue; Tan Wool Carpet
Leather wrapped + wood bulkheads
Club Seating + 1, 2 Writing tables, Custom Luggage & Potty area
Exterior: Cream & Blue, with White & Black Accents
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