T-34B Mentor Nears Completion

Several years ago, the museum purchased a T-34B Mentor to add to the collection. Rather than place the aircraft on static display, we set our efforts on restoring the aircraft to airworthy status. After hours of volunteer restoration work, the T-34 aims to take to the skies in early 2025 pending the completion of one last Airworthiness Directive. 

The Beechcraft T-34 "Mentor" is a military trainer aircraft that was first developed in the late 1940s as a replacement for the aging World War II-era trainers. Based on the Beechcraft Model 35 Bonanza, the T-34 was designed to train new pilots for the U.S. Air Force and Navy. It officially entered service in the early 1950s and became a widely used aircraft for primary flight training. With its durable construction and easy handling, the T-34 remained in use for decades, even being upgraded to the turboprop-powered T-34C model in the 1970s. The T-34 served as a trainer for a large number of fixed wing trainees during the Vietnam War Era.

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