On this day in aviation history, January 15, 1937, the Beechcraft Model 18 (the Twin Beech), one of the most popular twin-engine aircraft in aviation history, made its first flight. Over 9,000 ...

“There are many Beech twins, but only one Twin Beech,” in the words of Model 18 owner Enrico Bottieri. Roger Cain If Marilyn Monroe had been an airplane, she would have been a Beechcraft Model 1 ...

and the Model 18, a twin-engine utility and transport aircraft. Beechcraft intended to create a utility-style aircraft with twin engines slightly smaller than the larger existing Model 18.