Beechcraft 18 (N400744)

IN June the Commemorative Air Force was in Albany, NY. Always wanted to fly in a Beech 18/C-45. I paid for the co-pilot's seat and even got to "fly" it for a while. Long time private pilot.
It doesn't seem to be this airplane.

Out of the blue of the western sky......

very nice

My first real exposure to flying was in the UC-45Js at Pensacola. This was the beginning place for the navigators. I remember getting into one and seeing the date of manufacture. It was as year older than I was! That was 1967.

@JohnRumble99, it looks similar but that was not Sky's airplane. His was a Cessna T-50.

That's a plane!

Used to skydive out of Beech 18's back in my skyding days in the mid 1970's. It was a great "noisy ride" up to 12,000 ft.

In the 60's my dad worked for an oil drilling company that had a D-18G. Butler Drilling also leased a 75k acre ranch in the Texas hill country. Our family would fly to the ranch several times a year. The landing strip was a grassy hill that led up to the ranch house. I also flew in a D-18 from La Paz Mexico to Cabo San Lucas in 1971. Three PAX and four surfboards on board! The only runway was dirt!

I still watch Sky King on youtube

Thats right Gary, they run a Cessna commercial at the end of the show.

Sweet!

Nice!
That registration should be N40074

A bit delicate to fly...

Jeff,
You're really on your A-game with your shots!

serge,
...and a bit delicate to taxi - especially taxi-turn - had to know when to get off the throttle of the outboard engine - too late and it went all-the-way-round.

sky kings first a/c was a T50, a "bamboo bomber", the next was a 310, I think, maybe a 320

Flew Beech 18s as a copilot for FLL based commuter airlines in 1968-1970. right out of college and they were tricycle gear modified. Then in early 70's flew an E-18 for a family fishing operation out of MIA/FLL to the southern Bahama Islands. Probably have 1000 hours in that reliable bird - save for an engine loss over the Atlantic Ocean, making it to "Deadmans Key" airport.