Turbomeca Astazou turbo prop conversion of the Beech Travel Air. Date range is an estimate. Any help on the location is appreciated. Photographer unknown

In 1962, SFERMA (Société Française d'Entretien et de Réparation de Matériel Aéronautique) modified a Model 95 Travel Air by equipping it with the swept tail of the Model 55 Baron and replacing the piston engines with two 440hp Astazou II turboprops Seventeen Model 55 Baron airframes were also re-engined, including three for Beechcraft, and an eighteenth was not completed. The second prototype, F-BJSI, was re-engined with more powerful Astazou XII engines and set several World Air Speed Records in its class during the early 1960s.