Ex-N331LJ, N503CK, N231LJ, N8539, 23835

K25 slide scan. Built 1944 as SNB-2C Bu23835 for USN, withdrawn 1960's. Converted to Hamilton Westwind IISTD at Tucson 1974, the only conversion with extended nose, fuselage plug and large ventral fin. Kalitta N231LJ 1975, derelict Willow Run by 2000. Moved to Janesville, WI for restoration 2002, still there 2017.

Delivered to the US Navy as SNB-2C Bu23825. Later modified to an SNB-3 and then an SNB-5 around 1953. Redesigated as a TC-45J in 1962. To Hamilton Aviation as N8539 in 1971 and converted to the only Hamilton Westwind IISTD. To Connie Kalitta as N231LJ in 1975. Sold in 2001 and towed by road to Janesville WI for storage. Still there in 2017.

This aircraft is a conversion of a Beech 18, and is the longest Beech 18 variant ever built or converted. Only one Westwind II STD has ever been converted and the type was certified in 1975. It was delivered to Connie Kalitta, and the gracious aircraft flew with them until it suffered wing fire damage in 1993. It is now derelict at Detroit-Willow Run. Ex US Navy 23835.