10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. T-34B-1: PHCS R. L. LAWSON· Public domain
- 2. Beech T-34C Turbo Mentor - GPN-2000-001989: NASA· Public domain
- 3. Beechcraft Model 73 Jet Mentor in flight c1956: USN· Public domain
- 4. JGSDF T-34A: 100yen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. ROCAF T-34C in Songshan Air Force Base 20110813: 玄史生· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. T-34-3: SSGT HECTOR GARCIA, USAF· Public domain
- 7. T-34A USAF: U.S. Air Force· Public domain
- 8. T-34C-Mentor: Museum Pusat TNI AU Dirgantara Mandala, Yogyakarta, Indonesia· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. T-34Cfae: Cristhian Rodriguez· CC BY 3.0
- 10. U.S. Navy T-34C: Someoneaviation· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Beechcraft T-34 Mentor is an American propeller-driven, single-engined, military trainer aircraft derived from the Beechcraft Model 35 Bonanza. The earlier versions of the T-34, dating from around the late 1940s to the 1950s, were piston-engined. These were eventually succeeded by the upgraded T-34C Turbo-Mentor, powered by a turboprop engine.
How to recognise it: 1 turboprop · 10.1 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 78 years ago, in 1948.
- Wingspan of 10.1 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,311 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.
- Can fly 1.0× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1948-12-02
- introduced
- 1953
- number built
- 2,300
- role
- trainer aircraft
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Beechcraft
- engines
- 1× Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-25
- crew
- 2
- length
- 8.7 m
- wingspan
- 10.1 m
- height
- 2.9 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,950 kg
- top speed
- —
- cruise speed
- 396 km/h
- range
- 1,311 km
- ceiling
- 9,144 m
- wings
- monoplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2343923, Wikipedia: Beechcraft T-34 Mentor (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.