The Beechcraft Model 18 (or "Twin Beech ", as it is also known) is a
6- to 11-seat, twin-engined, low-wing, tailwheel light aircraft manufactured
by the Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas. Continuously produced
from 1937 to November 1969 (over 32 years, a world record at the time), over
9,000 were built, making it one of the world's most widely used light
aircraft. Sold worldwide as a civilian executive, utility, cargo aircraft, and
passenger airliner on tailwheels, nosewheels, skis, or floats, it was also
used as a military aircraft.