MAKE A MEME View Large Image Beechcraft Model 73 Jet Mentor in flight c1956.jpg The sole Beechcraft Jet Mentor in flight <br>In 1955 Beechcraft developed a jet-engined derivative as a private venture in the hope of winning a contract from the US military The Model 73 ...
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Keywords: Beechcraft Model 73 Jet Mentor in flight c1956.jpg The sole Beechcraft Jet Mentor in flight <br>In 1955 Beechcraft developed a jet-engined derivative as a private venture in the hope of winning a contract from the US military The Model 73 Jet Mentor shared many components with the piston-engined T-34 Mentor The first flight of the Model 73 registered N134B was on 18 December 1955 The Model 73 was evaluated by the USAF which ordered the Cessna T-37 and the USN which decided upon the Temco TT Pinto The Model 73 was not put into production The sole protoype is today on display at the Kansas Aviation Museum U S Navy Naval Aviation News February 1956 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1950s/1956/Feb56 pdf p 12 ca 1956 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Beechcraft Model 73 Jet Mentor
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