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Beechcraft AT-7 Navigator
Crew | 6 |
Dimensions | 47'7" by 33'11" by 9'2" 14.50m by 10.34m by 2.79m |
Weight | 8750 lbs fully loaded 3970 kg fully loaded |
Maximum speed | 230 mph 370 km/h |
Service ceiling | 23,300 feet 7100m |
Power plant | 2 450 hp Pratt & Whitney R-985-25 Wasp Junior nine-cylinder radial engines |
Range | 1626 miles 2617 km |
The AT-7 was used to train American navigators during the Second World War. It was a militarized version of the
Beechcraft Model 18 commercial transport equipped with three navigation desks and an astrodome.
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