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Do not fill this in! ===Manufacturer models=== Unless otherwise noted, the engines fitted are [[Pratt & Whitney R-985]] radials. ;Model 18A :First production model with seating for two pilots and seven or eight passengers, fitted with [[Wright R-760]]E-2 engines of {{convert|350|hp}}, MTOW: {{convert|6700|lb|abbr=on}}<ref name="USAW"/><ref name="TC630"/> Four built.<ref name="pellp68">Pelletier 1995, p. 68</ref> * '''Model S18A''' :Version of Model 18A capable of being fitted with skis or [[EDO Corporation|Edo]] 55-7170 [[Floatplane|floats]]; MTOW: {{convert|7200|lb|abbr=on}}<ref name="TC630">{{cite web |title=Aircraft Specification No. 630: Models Beechcraft 18A, S18A: Rev 3 |date=October 12, 2016 |publisher=Federal Aviation Administration |url=https://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgMakeModel.nsf/0/3370db12d8d78e63862581130062a883/$FILE/630_Rev_3.pdf |access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref> ;Model A18A :Version fitted with Wright R-760E-2 engines, MTOW: {{convert|7500|lb|abbr=on}}<ref name="A684"/> * '''Model SA18A''' :Seaplane version of Model A18A, MTOW: {{convert|7170|lb|abbr=on}}<ref name="A684"/> ;Model 18B :Version powered with {{convert|285|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Jacobs R-830|Jacobs L-5]] engines. Four built.<ref name="JM">McKillop, Jack. [http://www.microworks.net/pacific/aviation/jrb_expedition.htm "Beech JRB Expedition (sic), Beech SNB Kansan and Navigator".] ''microworks.ne.'' Retrieved: August 28, 2008.</ref><ref name="pellp68"/> * '''Model S18B''' :Version of Model 18B capable of being fitted with skis or floats. ;Model 18D :Variant with seating for two pilots and nine passengers, fitted with [[Jacobs R-915|Jacobs L-6]] engines of {{convert|330|hp}}, MTOW: {{convert|7200|lb|abbr=on}}.<ref name="A684">{{cite web |title=Aircraft Specification No. A-684: Hawker Beechcraft: 18D S18D, A18A, SA18A, A18D, SA18D : Rev3|date=March 26, 2007 |publisher=Federal Aviation Administration |url=https://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgMakeModel.nsf/0/fe82bd8c829b79328625738c005d82b7/$FILE/A-684.pdf |access-date=August 8, 2008}}</ref> Twelve aircraft built.<ref name="pellp68"/> * '''Model S18D''' :Version of Model 18D capable of being fitted with skis or {{cn-span|Edo 55-7170 floats|date=September 2022}}, MTOW: {{convert|7170|lb|abbr=on}}<ref name="BHM">[http://www.beechcraftheritagemuseum.org/collection/CF-BKO.php "S18D."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080524073550/http://www.beechcraftheritagemuseum.org/collection/CF-BKO.php |date=May 24, 2008 }} ''Beechcraft Heritage Museum.'' Retrieved: August 12, 2008.</ref>{{fv|date=September 2022}}<ref name="A684"/> ;Model A18D :Variant of 18D with MTOW increased by {{convert|300|lb|abbr=on}} to {{convert|7500|lb|abbr=on}}.<ref name="A684"/> * '''Model SA18D''' :Seaplane version of Model A18D, but same MTOW as S18D.<ref name="A684"/> ;Model 18R :Model with [[Pratt and Whitney R-985]]{{cn-span|-A1 engines with dual-stage blower for increased power at higher operating altitudes|date=September 2022}}, {{convert|420|hp}}, seven built, one to Sweden as an [[air ambulance]], six to Nationalist China as M18R light bombers<ref name="AFB"/><ref name="pellp68"/> ;Model 18S :Nine-passenger pre-World War II civil variant, powered by {{convert|450|hp|kW|abbr=on}} served as basis for USAAF C-45C<ref name="TC710">{{cite web |title=Type Certification Data Sheet No. 710: 18S, B18S, Rev 3 |date=October 12, 2016 |publisher=Federal Aviation Administration |url=https://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgMakeModel.nsf/0/2628a114f1fb1ea0862581130064fe31/$FILE/710_Rev_3.pdf |access-date=September 9, 2022}}</ref> ;Model B18S :Nine-passenger pre-World War II civil variant, served as basis for USAAF F-2<ref name="TC710"/> ;Model C18S :Variant of B18S with seating for eight passengers, and equipment and minor structural changes<ref name="A757">[http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library%5CrgMakeModel.nsf/0/BFEAD5E049630B308625738C006452B5/$FILE/A-757.pdf "Beech C18S Type Certificate."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170124200226/http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library%5CrgMakeModel.nsf/0/BFEAD5E049630B308625738C006452B5/$FILE/A-757.pdf |date=January 24, 2017 }} ''Federal Aviation Administration''. Retrieved: August 12, 2008.</ref> ;Model D18S :First post-World War II variant introduced in 1945, with seating for eight passengers and MTOW of {{convert|8750|lb|abbr=on}}, 1,035 built<ref name="A765"/><ref name="HBPL">[http://www.hawkerbeechcraft.com/service_support/pubs/docs/nontechnical/serializationList.pdf "Aircraft Serial Number Lists 1945β2008."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411082140/http://www.hawkerbeechcraft.com/service_support/pubs/docs/nontechnical/serializationList.pdf |date=2009-04-11 }} ''Hawker Beechcraft''. Retrieved: August 8, 2008.</ref> ;Model D18C :Variant with [[Continental R9-A]] engines of {{convert|525|hp}} and MTOW of {{convert|9000|lb|abbr=on}}, introduced in 1947, 31 built.<ref name="A765">[http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library%5CrgMakeModel.nsf/0/906D00903D42CE7A8625738C006735E8/$FILE/A-765.pdf FAA Beech D18/E18/G18/H18 Series Type Certificate.]{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved 8 August 2008.</ref><ref name="AL">[http://www.airliners.net/aircraft-data/stats.main?id=61 "Beech 18".] ''Airliners.net''. Retrieved: August 8, 2008.</ref> ;Model E18S [[File:Beechcraft E18S 3-view line drawing.png|thumb|A 3-view line drawing of a Model E18S]] :Variant with redesigned wing and MTOW of {{convert|9300|lb|abbr=on}}; 403 built<ref name="A765"/> ;Model E18S-9700 :Variant of E18S with MTOW of {{convert|9700|lb|abbr=on}}; 57 built<ref name="A765"/> ;Model G18S [[File:Beech Model 18 (reg N45CF) arrives Fairford 7Jul2016 arp.jpg|thumb|A Model G18S arriving at the 2016 [[RIAT]], [[England]] ]] :Superseded E18S, MTOW of {{convert|9700|lb|abbr=on}}; 155 built<ref name="A765"/><ref name="HBPL"/> ;Model G18S-9150 :Lightweight version of G18, MTOW of {{convert|9150|lb|abbr=on}}; one built<ref name="A765"/><ref name="HBPL"/> ;Model H18 :Last production version, fitted with optional tricycle undercarriage developed by Volpar and MTOW of {{convert|9900|lb|abbr=on}}; 149 built, of which 109 were manufactured with tricycle undercarriage<ref name="BHM18S"/><ref name="A765"/><ref name="HBPL"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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