Constructed as an E18S. Feb/1965 converted to a Turboliner by Volpar. Ex-N3774B, N471CM, N3774B

Visiting on a freight charter by Kalitta Flying Service (Connie Kalitta) from Willow Run/MI. On 26 April 2007 it was wrecked in hard landing at Levelock/AK. (Note: the FAA quoted c/n A-366 was illegally acquired when the aircraft was based in Columbia.)

Photographer: Daniel Ruhier.

K25 slide scan. Remanufactured by Beech 1953 from msn 4356 as C-45H 51-11763. Air Asia/Air America N7770B 1964. Converted to Volpar Super Turbo 18 by Air Asia at Taiwan 1966, used extensively in Vietnam, returnerd to USA 1975 and stored. Converted to Volpar Turboliner at Van Nuys 1980. Kalitta N7770B 1983. Crashed on approach to Baltimore 12 October 1992 due to shifting load and out of limits CG.

K25 slide scan. Remanufactured by Beech 1954 from msn 7996 as C-45H 52-10967. Sold as N9824Z 1961. Converted to Volpar Turboliner msn 001 at Van Nuys, CA 1967, delivered to Ransome Airlines 1968. Several owners, acquired by Kalitta 1990. Remained stored unused, cancelled 2006.

Operated by CIBA-Pilatus Aerial Spraying Co.

Prototype Volpar Turboliner. Struck off register in 2006.

Ex-N346V, N6643R, N9396Z, 52-10926, 41-21098. Later N310GB

Operated by Kitty Hawk Charters. Aircraft incorrectly quoted by the FAA as Beech D18S c/n A-366. It is in fact Beech C-45H c/n AF-754, which underwent a Volpar Turboliner conversion in 1969 while registered N353V. It was delivered as PK-WWD in Jun 1970, and in 1978 it was bought by a Colombian. He swapped the dataplate with that of Beech D18S HK-1296 c/n A-366 (wrecked in Colombia in the mid 1970s), to avoid Colombian import taxes. The aircraft was then bought by Hamilton Aviation as N4234A and in a letter to the FAA in July 1981 they requested it to be reregistered under the correct c/n AF-754, but the FAA chose not to. It became N502CK in May 1995, still listed with the wrong c/n.

Remanufactured by Beech from C-45F 44-47377 c/n 7771 to C-45G 51-11740 for the USAF in 1953. Later modified to a C-45H. To N9944Z in 1965. To N349V and converted to a Volpar Turboliner Trigear with extended fuselage and powered by 755-hp Garrett TPE331 turboprop engines. To N404TH in 1979 and N404CK in 1990. Still current in 2020.