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8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Turner Army Airfield - Beech AT-10 Wichita in Flight: United States Army Air Forces· Public domain
- 2. Beech AT-10 Wichita USAF: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
- 3. Beechcraft AT-10-GF in flight c1943: USAF· Public domain
- 4. Beech AT-10 (15954476307): SDASM Archives· Public domain
- 5. Beechcraft AT-10 F-409 - Freeman Field IL: United States Army Air Forces· Public domain
- 6. Beechcraft AT-10 ST338 - Stuttgart AAF AR: United States Army Air Forces· Public domain
- 7. Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita in flight c1943: USAF· Public domain
- 8. Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita on the ground c1942: USAF· Public domain
what is it?
The Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita is an American World War II trainer built for the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) by Beechcraft. It was used to train pilots for multi-engined aircraft such as bombers.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · low wing · retractable tailwheel (taildragger) · 13.4 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 85 years ago, in 1941.
- Top speed is 2.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 13.4 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1941
- introduced
- 1942
- number built
- 2,371
- role
- military trainer aircraft
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Beechcraft, Globe Aircraft Corporation
- engines
- 2× Lycoming R-680-9
- length
- 10.5 m
- wingspan
- 13.4 m
- height
- 3.2 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,781 kg
- top speed
- 319 km/h
- cruise speed
- 270 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 5,151 m
- wings
- low wing
- landing gear
- retractable conventional landing gear
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2893630, Wikipedia: Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.