Beechcraft UC-45J Expeditor - AMC, McClellan, CA
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Beechcraft UC-45J Expeditor BuNo 51291
Waymark Code: WME38X
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/28/2012
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Based on the Beech Model 18 commercial light transport, the C-45 was the first ordered by the US Army Air Corps in 1940. Ultimately both the Army and the Navy would use it in a variety of configurations. Passenger seating varied from six to eight in the various models.
US Navy BuNo 51291 was built as an SNB-2 (later UC-45) and delivered 6 October 1943. It served at a number of Naval Air Stations including NAS Patuxent River, MD, and NAS El Toro, CA. It ended its career at the Naval Weapons Lab at NAS Dahlgren, MD, in June 1966 with over 12,000 hours in its logbook. The aircraft was delivered by truck to the museum in September 1988 and placed on display after restoration in April 1992. It is painted as a USAF C-45J and given the serial number 42-51291.
Specifications:
Crew: 2
Pax: 6-8
Power Plant: 2× 450 hp R-985-AN-3 Wasp Junior 9-cylinder radial engines
Dimensions:
- Span: 47' 8"
- Length: 34' 3"
- Height: 9' 8”
Weight:
- Empty: 5,890 lb
- Maximum: 7,850 lb
Performance:
- Speed:
- - Max: 215 mph
- - Cruise:
- Range: 700 miles
- Ceiling: 20,000 ft
- Climb: 1,850 fpm
Source: aircraft placard
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