Beech
G18S N961GP (BA-559) at Des Moines, Iowa in August 1980 wirth SMB Stage
Lines. This much-modified aircraft had once been an American Turbine
Engine Co ATE Westwind III with PT-6As, later rebuilt by Hamilton Aircraft
at Tucson, Arizona as a tailwheel Hamilton Westwind III, which included
the Hamilton extended nose. GEOFF GOODALL'S AVIATION HISTORY SITE www.goodall.com.au |