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Beechcraft T-34 Mentor ✕ Berliner-Joyce P-16 ✕
Manufacturer Allison Gas Turbine Division GMC Berliner-Joyce
Description The Beechcraft T-34 Mentor is an American propeller-driven, single-engined, military trainer aircraft derived from the Beechcraft Model 35 Bonanza. The Berliner-Joyce P-16 was a 1930s United States two-seat fighter aircraft produced by Berliner-Joyce Aircraft Corporation.
First Flight 1948-12-02 1930-09-01
Entry Into service 1953-01-01 1932-01-01
Production End 1959-01-01
Service End 1940-01-01
Designer Allison Gas Turbine Division GMC Berliner-Joyce
Type Trainer aircraft Two-seat fighter
Length (m) 8.5344 8.59
Height (m) 2.7432 3.1
Cockpit Crew 2 2
Max Speed (km/h) 282
Cruise Speed (km/h) 396.3277
Min Speed (km/h) 98.1559
Max Ceiling (m) 9144
Rate of Climb (m/s) 7.5184
Armament 4 two fixed forward-firing and one flexible-mounted 0.3 in (7.62 mm) machine guns, maximum bombload of 224 lb (102 kg)
National Origin United States of America
Number Built 2300 26
Powerplant Description 1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-25 turboprop, 410 kW (550 hp) each 1 × Curtiss V-1570-25 Conqueror inline piston, 447 kW (599 hp) each
Primary Users United States Air Force, United States Navy , Japan Air Self-Defense Force , Republic of China Air Force United States Army Air Corps
Wikipedia Article (URL) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_T-34_Mentor en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliner-Joyce_P-16
Flat Wing Span (m) 10.0584 10.36
Flat Wing Area (m²) 16.6854 27
Aircraft Engine Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6
Number of Engines 1 1