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It was 1937 when the Beechcraft Model 18 first took flight. It was produced over a span of 32 years, which was a record at the time. Although thousands were used in the military during and after World War II, after the war these airplanes found work as feeder airliners, firefighters, aerial applicators and cloud seeders, and, most prominently, freight haulers. Of course, the most famous Beech 18 out there is the one flown by well-known air show pilot Matt Younkin in ways the original designers c