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Parade of Champions
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★1924: "0X-5" Travel Air, first in famous line of Beech-designed airplanes produced by Travel Air Manufacturing Company.
★ 1925: Travel Air Model introduced.
★ 1925: First Ford Reliability Tour. Three Beech-designed Travel Air Model 2000 0XX-6's finished equal first with perfect scores.
★ 1925: Tulsa Air Speed Race. Won by Walter H. Beech in Travel Air 2000C-6.
★ 1926: Ford Reliability Tour. Walter H. Beech won outright first place flying a Travel Air Model 4000J-4.
★ 1926: "On-to-Sesqui," California to Philadelphia cross-country race. First place won by Fred D. Hoyt in an OX-5 Travel Air Model 2000 in 146 hours.
★ 1926: "On-to-Sesqui" Races, Fred D. Hoyt in a Travel Air 2000 0X-5 won first place in the "free for all" for low-powered planes.
★ 1926: J. H. Turner Trophy. Won by Walter H. Beech in Travel Air 2000C-6.
★ 1926: Flint Air Meet Trophy. Won by Walter Beech in Travel Air Model 2000C-6.
★ 1927: First commercial airplane to fly from California to Hawaii. A Travel Air Model 5000 monoplane piloted by Emory B. Bronte and Ernest L. Smith made the 2,340-mile crossing in 25 hours and 36 minutes.
★ 1927: Pacific Coast Air Derby. Won by H. C. Lippiatt in Travel Air Model 5000 monoplane.
★ 1927: Western Flying Trophy at National Air Races. Won by Eugene Detmer in Travel Air Model 2000 biplane at speed exceeding 102 mph. 
★ 1927: Dole Race, Oakland to Honolulu. Won by Art Goebel in the famous "Woolaroc" Travel Air Model 5000 monoplane covering the 2,497 miles in 26 hours, 17 minutes, and 33 seconds. 
★ 1928: Oakland to Los Angeles Race. Won by a Travel Air Model 6000 piloted by H.C. Lippiat.
★ 1928: Atlantic Air Races. Travel Airs entered by Doug Davis won first and second places in every race of the two-day event. 
★ 1928: Civilian Free-for-All 50-mile Race at National Air Races, Los Angeles. Won by D.C. Warren in a Travel Air Model 3000.
★ 1929: Portland, Ore., to Cleveland Air Derby. Won by T. A. Wells in a Travel Air Model D-4000 in 14 hours and 44 minutes.
★ 1929: Rim of Ohio Derby. Won by J. O. Donaldson in Travel Air B-4000.
★ 1929: Toronto to Cleveland Race. Won by Herbert St. Martin in a Travel Air Model A-6000A.
★ 1929: On-to-Tulsa 500-Mile Derby. Won by Billy Parker in Travel Air B-4000
★ 1929: International Air Derby, Mexico City to Kansas City. Won by Art Goebel in a Travel Air Model 6000.
--★ 1929: Women's Derby, Santa Monica to Cleveland. Won by Louise Thaden in a Travel Air Model B-4000.
--★ 1929: New endurance record for women of 22 hours, 3 minutes, 12 seconds set by Louise Thaden in a Travel Air Model 3000.
--★ 1929: New U.S. altitude record for women, more than 20,000 feet, set by Louise Thaden in a Travel Air Model 4000.
★ 1929: National Air Races. OX-5 race, and relay race won by Travel Airs.
★ 1929: Experimental ship race at National Air Races won by "Mystery S" with in-line engine and flown by Doug Davis. Speed: 113.38 mph.
★ 1929: Thompson Trophy 50-mile closed course Free-for-All Race won by Travel Air "Mystery S" piloted by Doug Davis at record speed of 194.9 mph.
★ 1929: New York to Boston Airspeed Record. Travel Air "Mystery S" flown by Eric Wood made the record run in 52 minutes.
★ 1930-31: Capt. Frank Hawks in Trael Air "Mystery S" known as "Texaco 13" established more than 200 new speed records in America and Europe and earned the Lique Internationale des Aviateurs medal as the world's outstanding airman.
★ 1930: Montreal to New York Air Speed Record. Set at 115 minutes in a Travel Air "Mystery S" piloted by Dale Jackson.
--★ 1930: World Speed record for women set by Florence Lowe Barnes at over 196 mph in a Travel Air "Mystery S".
★ 1932: Introduction of first aircraft to be built by the new Beech Aircraft Company, the Beechcraft Model 17.
★ 1933: Texaco Trophy race at Miami Air Races. Won by E. H. Wood in No. 1 Beechcraft Model 17.
★ 1936: First, second and fourth places in Unlimited Race for Frank E. Phillips Trophy at Denver Mile-High Air Races won by Beechcraft Model 17's. First place winner piloted by Bill Ong.
--★ 1936: National speed record for women set by Louise Thaden in a Beechcraft Model 17 at St. Louis, 197.958 mph.
--★ 1936: Bendix Transcontinental Speed Dash and Bendix trophy. Won by Louise Thaden and Blanche Noyes in a Beechcraft Model 17.
★ 1937: Beechcraft Model 18 introduced.
--★ 1937: New U.S. women's speed record -- 203.895 mph -- set by Jacqueline Cochran in a Beechcraft Model D17W.
★ 1937: Unlimited Race for Frank E. Phillips Trophy. Won by Art Chester in a Beechcraft Model 17.
★ 1939: Macfaden Cross-Country Race. Won by Max Constant in a Beechcraft Model D17W.

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★ 1939: New York to Miami sports record. Won by Max Constant in a Beechcraft Model D17W.
★ 1939: Seattle to Alaska Air Speed Record. The 1,900 miles were flown in 10 hours, 20 minutes by Kenneth Neese in a Beechcraft Model 17.
--★ 1939: National women's altitude record -- 30,052.43 feet -- set in a Beechcraft Model 17 by Jacqueline Cochran.
★ 1940: On-to-Miami race by Macfadden Trophy won in a Beechcraft Model 18. (H. C. Rankin, pilot; Walter H. Beech, co-pilot) 1,084 miles in 4 hours, 37 minutes, at an average speed of 234 mph.
★ 1945: The first post-war Beechcraft Model 18 introduced.
★ 1945: First flight of Beechcraft Model 35 Bonanza.
★ 1949: The Beechcraft Model 50 Twin-Bonanza introduced.
★ 1949: World record for non-stop distance flying for planes of Bonanza category. Capt. Bill Odom in a Beechcraft Bonanza from Honolulu to Oakland, 2,406.9 miles in 22 hours, 6 minutes.
★ 1949: World record for non-stop distance flying for all light planes. Capt. Bill Odom in a Beechcraft Bonanza from Honolulu to Teterboro, N.J., 4,957.24 miles in 36 hours, 2 minutes.
★ 1951-52: Around-the-world flight by Congressman Peter F. Mack, Jr., in the same Beechcraft Bonanza model 35 flown by Bill Odom. Mack covered 30 countries on his solo flight.
★ 1952: Ground broken for construction of Beechcraft's Plant III.
★ 1952: World speed record for light planes -- 225.776 km. per hour -- set by Paul Burniat of Brussels, Belgium, in a Beechcraft Bonanza.
★ 1953: Beechcraft Super 18 (E18S) introduced.
★ 1953: Chile becomes first foreign purchaser of the Model 45 Mentor trainer.
★ 1953: Beech licenses Japanese firm to manufacture Model 45 Mentor.
★ 1953: Beechcraft Bonanzas finished first, second, third and fourth in first annual Jaycee Transcontinental Air Cruise, Philadelphia to Palm Desert, California. W. H. Hinselman won first place and O. A. Beech Trophy.
★ 1953: Beechcraft D18S owned by F. C. Castelli Company, won Wings Field Regatta, at Ambler, Pa., and O. A. Beech Trophy.
--★ 1953: Mrs. Marion Hart, 61-year-old sportswoman, flew non-stop from Newfoundland to Ireland in a Beechcraft Bonanza.
--★ 1954: Mrs. Ann Waddell won O. A. Beech Trophy for fastest speed in annual Skylady Derby, Raton, N. M., to Kansas City, Mo., in a Bonanza.
★ 1954: Three Beechcraft Bonanzas finished first, second, and third in the second annual Jaycee Transcontinental Air Cruise from Philadelphia to Palm Desert, Calif. W. C. Butler won first place and O. A. Beech Trophy.
--★ 1955: Mrs. Ann Waddell flew a Beechcraft Bonanza to win the Skylady Derby, Little Rock, Ark., to Raton, N. M.
★ 1956: The Beechcraft Model 95 Travel Air introduced.
★ 1956: Beech licenses Argentine firm to manufacture Model 45 Mentor.
--★ 1956: Beechcraft Bonanzas win first and second place in the Powder Puff Air Derby -- Winning pilot, Mrs. Frances Bera, in a Beechcraft E35 Bonanza.
--★ 1957: Beechcraft Bonanzas win first and third place in the Powder Puff Air Derby -- Winning pilot, Mrs. Alice Roberts, in a Beechcraft C35 Bonanza.
★ 1958: The Beechcraft Model 65 Queen Air introduced.
--★ 1958: Beechcraft Bonanza wins first place in the Powder Puff Air Derby -- Winning pilot, Mrs. Frances Bera, in a Beechcraft A35 Bonanza.
★ 1958: World record for non-stop distance flying for all light planes. Capt. Pat Boling in a Beechcraft J35 Bonanza from Manila to Pendleton, Oregon, 6,856.32 miles, Great Circle distance. (Total miles actually flown -- 7,090 in 45 hours, 43 minutes.)
★ 1959: Beechcraft Model 33 Debonair introduced.
★ 1960: Beechcraft Model 55 Baron introduced.
★ 1960: Beechcraft Model 65 Queen Air establishes a new World Altitude Record of 34,862 feet for airplanes in its class -- pilot James D. Webber.
★ 1961: Beechcraft Model 80 Queen Air made first flight.
★ 1961: Beechcraft model 23 Musketeer introduced.
--★ 1961: Beechcraft Bonanza wins first place in the Powder Puff Air Derby -- Winning pilot, Mrs. Frances Bera, in a Beechcraft E35 Bonanza.
--★ 1962: Beechcraft Bonanza wins first place in the Powder Puff Air Derby -- Winning pilot, Mrs. Frances Bera, in a Beechcraft F35 Bonanza.
★ 1964: turbine-powered, pressurized Beechcraft King Air introduced.
★ 1964: Beechcraft King Air flies 108,000 miles from Wichita to Europe, Scandinavia, the Mid East and Africa demonstrating its reliability to nearly 800 business and government leaders in 91 major cities.
★ 1965: Pressurized Beechcraft Queen Air 88 introduced.
--★ Beechcraft C55 Baron, piloted by Robert and Joan Wallick, sets Round-the-World record for piston-engine aircraft: 23,629 miles; 5 days, 6 hours, 17 minutes, 10 seconds.

TANKS & BOULDER
★ 1950: Beech produces 165-gallon jettisonable fuel tanks for USAF F-80.
★ 1950: Beech produces 265-gallon jettisonable fuel tanks for USAF F-80.
★ 1950: Beech produces 120-gallon jettisonable fuel tanks for USAF F-86.
★ 1950: Beech produces 230-gallon jettisonable fuel tanks for F-84E and F-94.
★ 1955: Beech produces jettisonable fuel tanks for Republic F-84F and RF-84F.
★ 1955: Beech Aircraft establishes an aerospace research and development operation at Boulder, Colorado, as an extension of the firm's main engineering division.
★ 1956: Beech producing 1,700-gallon fuel tanks for USAF B-47 bomber.
★ 1956: Beech Aircraft receives contract from USAF to perform hydrogen
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THIRTY-FOUR YEARS OF PROGRESS

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