Beechcraft CT-134 Musketeer

what is it?

The Beechcraft CT-134 Musketeer is a military training derivative of the Musketeer built by Beechcraft for the Canadian Armed Forces. The CT-134 was a single engine, low-wing, four-seat light aircraft with fixed landing gear and a limited aerobatic capability.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 237 km/htop speed
• range 1,187 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 2passengers
• size 1,111 kgmax take-off weight
• built 48made in total

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

• 🏎️Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,187 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

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introduced

1971

retired

1992

status

retired

number built

48

role

basic trainer

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Beechcraft

engines

1× Lycoming O-360-A4K

crew

2

passengers

2

length

7.9 m

wingspan

10 m

height

2.5 m

max take-off weight

1,111 kg

top speed

237 km/h

cruise speed

233 km/h

range

1,187 km

ceiling

3,840 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.