Beechcraft Model 34
| Model 34 "Twin-Quad" | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Civil airliner |
| Manufacturer | Beechcraft |
| Status | prototype only, scrapped |
| Number built | 1 (two prototypes in production scrapped) |
| History | |
| First flight | October 1, 1947 |
| Retired | 1949 |
The Beechcraft Model 34 "Twin-Quad" was a prototype airliner designed and built by Beechcraft in the period between World War II and the Korean War. At this time many aircraft manufacturers in the United States anticipated a boom in civil aviation and a large number of designs left the drawing board only to ultimately fail. The Model 34 was one of these failures, partly because of its unusual design, and partly because of the thousands of ex-military transport aircraft that were available at the time for a fraction of the price of a new aircraft.