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feasibility studies and insulation research under space flight conditions for Project Up. The world's largest titanium tank was built under this contract by Beechcraft -- 7,000 gallons.
★ 1957: Boulder operation of Beech Aircraft is elevated to full Beechcraft division status -- Boulder Division.
★ 1957: Beech receives contract from Wright Air Development Center, Power Plant Laboratory, for research and investigation of the SF-1 tank system (hydrogen) on missiles.
★ 1958: Beech Aircraft receives contract from the Martin Company, Denver, for production environmental testing of LOX shut-off valves.
★ 1959: Beech Aircraft's Boulder Division completes Heat Tower building. Facility used primarily to stimulate thermal conditions of flight of a rocket vehicle from launch to burn-out.
★ 1959: Contract is let for construction of new Engineering and Office building at Boulder Division site.
★ 1960: Beech receives contract from the Martin Company of Denver for environmental and qualification testing on Titan 1 missile components.
★ 1960: Beech receives contract from USAF for the design and fabrication of twelve 5,000-gallon semi-trailers.
★ 1960: Edwards Air Force Base, California, awards Beech contract for the design, fabrication, testing, and delivery of a fully self-contained system for the positive expulsion of cryogenic liquids in a zero "G" environment.
★ 1960: Beech Aircraft builds the liquid oxygen Slug Unit for ground support equipment on the Atlas program for Convair Astronautics.
★ 1962: Beech Aircraft receives contract from the North American Aviation, Inc., Space & Information Systems Division, to produce supercritical cryogenic gas storage subsystems for the Apollo program.
★ 1962: NASA, George C. Marshall Spaceflight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, contracts with Beech Aircraft to design, fabricate and deliver liquid oxygen, liquid nitrogen, and liquid hydrogen vaporizers for Complex 39 and to perform miscellaneous design studies of GSE on the Saturn program.
★ 1962: Beech Aircraft receives contract from McDonnell Aircraft Corporation to design and fabricate Gemini cryogenic aerospace ground support equipment and complete propellant loading systems for three sites.
★ 1963: Beech receives contract from North American Aviation, Inc., for Bench Maintenance Equipment on the Apollo cryogenic storage subsystems.
★ 1964: Beech Aircraft receives contract from North American Aviation, Inc., for Block 1 follow-on on the Apollo cryogenic subsystems.
★ 1964: McDonnell Aircraft awards Beech Aircraft contract for AGE Catastrophe Kits on the Gemini program.
★ 1965: Beech Aircraft receives contract from Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation to design and fabricate supercritical helium conditioning units for the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM).
★ 1965: Grumman Aircraft awards Beechcraft contract to design and fabricate liquid helium supply dewars for the LEM program.
★ 1965: North American Aviation, Inc., S & ID, awards Beech contract for Block II follow-on for Apollo program. 
★ 1965: Beech received contract from North American Aviation, Inc., to perform study of the modifications required to subsystems for the Apollo Extension System (AES).
★ 1965: Boulder Division celebrates Tenth Anniversary.

AEROSPACE -- AIRPLANES
★ 1939: First deliveries of the Beechcraft Model 17 "Staggerwing" to the military for use during World War II as a personnel transport.
★ 1941: Beech produces the first of the great World War II aircraft, the Beechcraft Model AT-11 bombing and gunnery trainer.
★ 1941: First production of the U. S. Army/Beechcraft Model AT-10 advance pilot trainer.
★ 1941: First production of the U. S. Army/Beechcraft Model AT-7 (SNB).
★ 1944: First flight of the Beechcraft Model XA-38 "Grizzly."
★ 1948: The Beechcraft Model 45 Mentor trainer introduced.
★ 1950: U. S. Air Force takes delivery of the first two YT-34's (Beechcraft Model 45 Mentor) for evaluation program at Randolph Field, Texas.
★ 1951: U. S. Army awards Beech Aircraft contract for four Model 50 Twin-Bonanzas -- designated YL-23 -- for evaluation at Ft. Bragg.
★ 1953: U. S. Air Force orders T-34A for sustained Beech production.
★ 1953: U. S. Navy undertakes evaluation of Model 45 Mentor as trainer.
★ 1953: First deliveries of the Model L-23A under initial Army production contract for 55 airplanes. 
★ 1953: First deliveries of the Model L-23B to U. S. Army. 
★ 1954: U. S. Navy announces Model 45 Mentor winner of evaluation for new primary trainer; places initial order. To be designated T-34B. 
★ 1954: U. S. Navy places supplementary contract for additional T-34B's.
★ 1955: Beechcraft building America's first light single-engine jet trainer, the Beechcraft Model 73 Mentor.
★ 1956: U. S. Navy awards Beech contract for additional quantity of T-34B's. 
★ 1956: Beech announces "on schedule" completion of 40-month program of producing more than 300 T-34A Mentors for USAF.
★ First deliveries of Model L-23D to U. S. Army.
★ 1957: First deliveries in series of L-23D remanufactured from L-23A and L-23B.
★ 1958: Beech Aircraft and Motorola, Inc., of Phoenix, Arizona, contract to furnish U. S. Army with two battlefield-surveillance radar versions of the L-23D to be designated RL-23D. 
★ 1958: U. S. Army L-23D becomes first Army airplane to be equipped with weather-avoidance radar -- RCA AVQ-50 system. 
★ 1959: Final deliveries to U. S. Army of L-23D configuration aircraft. 
★ 1959: U. S. Army awards Beechcraft contract for the service's first twin-engine L-23F's -- military counterpart of the Beechcraft Queen Air 65 -- to augment its fleet of command/utility transports.
★ 1962: Beech receives contract from U. S. Army for production of additional L-23F command transports the eventually tripled Army's L-23F fleet.
★ 1963: First flight of Beechcraft NU-8F turbine powered command transport for the U. S. Army.
★ 1965: First deliveries of Beechcraft Model 55 Baron -- designated T-42A -- under contract for 65 airplanes to the U. S. Army.
★ 1965: Beechcraft Model 90 King Air -- designated VC-6A -- delivered to the U. S. Air Force's 1254th Special Air Missions fleet (SAM).

AEROSPACE -- SUBCONTRACTS
★ 1944: Production in progress on wings for the Douglas A-26 attack bomber.
★ 1951: Contract received for Lockheed T-33 wing and landing gear door production.
★ 1952: Ground broken for construction of Beechcraft's Plant III.
★ 1952: Wings for the Lockheed T-33 and F-94 in production at Beech.
★ 1953: Beech started production on external stores and assemblies for the McDonnell F-101A and RF-101A Voodoo.
★ 1953: Parts and assemblies in production for Republic/USAF "Operations FICON" -- a project to produce "parasite" configuration for RF-84F and B-36 intercontinental bomber operations.
★ 1954: Beech producing flaps and ailerons for Republic F-84F "Thunderstreak" fighter-bomber.
★ 1956: Beech produces assemblies for Convair F-102 "Delta Dart."
★ 1956: Beech produces assemblies for Convair F-106 "Delta Dagger."
★ 1956: Aft fuselage sections being produced at Beech for the Lockheed F-104 "Starfighter."
★ 1957: Production completed at Beech of wings for Lockheed T-33 and T2V-1.
★ 1958: Beech producing aft fuselage and aileron assemblies for Republic F-105 "Thunderchief" fighter-bomber.
★ 1960: Beech producing test dummies and sled instrumentation for Convair B-58 seat ejection tests.
★ 1960: U. S. Navy awards Beech contract for Model 385 universal air refueling store for probe and drogue refueling operations.
★ 1960: Beech producing metal bond panels for Convair Model 880.
★ 1961: Beech Aircraft receives contract from Edwards Air Force Base, California, for follow-on Project Up.
★ 1962: Assemblies for Lockheed C-141 "StarLifter" turbofan jet transport under contract.
★ 1962 Components for Bell UH-1 "Iroquois" turbofan helicopter being built by Beechcraft.
★ 1962: Production underway at Beechcraft on major assemblies for McDonell Aircraft's Phantom II -- F-4B, RF-4B, F-4C, RF-4C.
★ 1962: Beech receives U. S. Army contract for bomb dispensers, containers.
★ 1963: Beech producing metal bonded assemblies for Lockheed C-130 transport. 
★ 1963: Beech receives follow-on contract from U. S. Army for production of bomb dispensers and containers.

AEROSPACE -- TARGETS
★ 1956: Beech Aircrafts enters field of missile targets with production of the Beechcraft KDB-1 for the U. S. Navy.
★ 1961: First flight of Beech Aircraft's second missile target, the supersonic AQM-37A (KD2B-1).
★ 1961: Switzerland orders Beech Model 1001 (Model 1025) missile targets. 
★ 1962: Mock-up of new jet target missile, the Beechcraft Model 1025TJ, unveiled in Huntsville, Alabama.
★ 1962: U. S. Navy awards Beech Aircraft initial contract for production of AQM-37A (KD2B-1) missile targets.
★ 1963: West Germany is first NATO country to order Beechcraft Model 1001 (Model 1025) missile targets.
★ 1963: Beech Aircraft delivers first production contract AQM-37A (KD2B-1) target missile, fully fueled, to U. S. Navy, culminating four years of intensive research and development in supersonic rocketry.
★ 1965: Beechcraft-produced AQM-37A (KD2B-1) missile target sets new altitude record at Navy's Pt. Mugu, Pacific Missile Range, of 91,000 feet and a speed of Mach 2.8.

AEROSPACE -- POWER UNITS
★ 1951: Model C-26 ground power unit in production at Beech which provides starting power of USAF jet fighters and bombers.
★ 1954: Model MD-3 ground support unit, a 60-KVA 3-phase generator, to support USAF pre-flight and ground tests of aircraft.
★ 1956: Model MA-3 multi-purpose ground support unit in production for USAF at Beechcraft.
★ 1956: Model 316 Power unit for the U. S. Navy in production at Beechcraft.
★ 1960: Beech awarded contract by North American Aviation, Inc., to develop and manufacture a special "Alert Pod" power unit for XB-70.

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