Built as an E18S in 1955, this Beech 18 was modified by Hamilton Aircraft to a Westwind III in 1972. Operated by SMB Stage Lines 1972 - 1988, the aircraft was substantially damaged April 15, 1992 after a ground loop during take off at Eloy, AZ flying skydivers. The remains were sold to K & K Aircraft, dismantled and trucked to Bridgewater, VA for parts.

This aircraft started life a Beech E18S but later had the Hamilton Westwind nose fitted and was converted to PT-6 power. It was one of 5 similar conversions operated by K&K, which later became Dynamic Aviation, out of Los Alamitos on the Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Medfly) eradication programme. When the Beech 18 turbos were displaced by ex US Army U-21s this aircraft was sold to the Brazoria County Mosquito Control District of Angleton, Texas, for use as a mosquito control sprayer.

Photographer: Not known - via Bo-Göran Lundkvist.

Ex C-GBLI, N16008, USN 51132 (SNB-2C Navigator/TC-45J). Converted to Hamilton Westwind III but registered as a TC-45J. Destroyed on 14 December 2010 in a fatal crash into the sea off Nassau, Bahamas.

Ex N787S, N5681, N56S, N514JH, N514J, N514T, N33JD. Registered as an E18S but converted to Hamilton Westwind III in 1974.

Ex N63E. Registered as an E18S but converted to Hamilton Westwind III in 1974/75. Registration cancelled on 18 October 2016.

Built in 1958 as an E18S and registered as N28J. To N271VM in 1966 and converted to an ATE Westwind I Trigear. To N49AB in 1972 and converted to a Hamilton Westwind III trigear. To N342T in 1974. Ran off the runway landing at Naples, FL in 1983. Repaired after the accident. Broken up at Bridgewater, VA around 2004.

Built in 1956 as a Beech E18S-9700 and registered as N42E. To N4288 in 1967. Converted to an ATE Westwind I trigear in 1969 then to a Hamilton Westwind III tailgear in 1972. To N4288T in 1979 and N924J in 1980. Operated by Methow Aviation from 1989 to 1991. Still current on the register in 2020.

Converted from ATE Westwind I by Hamilton with P&W PT6A turboprops and extended nose.

No titles, but SMB Stage Lines logo on the tail.

Built in the '40s for the US Navy as 51132. Hamilton Aircraft converted it to a Westwind III for Maxton Aviation of Alaska in 1975. An E18S cockpit and high cabin from C-FIKM were added for Keewatin Air. Sold in 1989 to K&K Aviation.

A cargo Beech modified to turboprop with an extended nose.

Built as an E-18S, this modified aircraft is seen here with PT6A engines and an extended nose.

Faded remnants of former owner K&K Aviation adorn the fuselage of this turboprop Beech G18S.