Beechcraft T-34 Mentor

T-34 Mentor
A T-34B Mentor aircraft from Training Squadron 5 (VT-5) in 1976
Role	Trainer aircraft Type of aircraft
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Beechcraft
First flight	2 December 1948
Introduction	1953
Primary users	United States Air Force United States Navy Japan Air Self-Defense Force Republic of China Air Force
Produced	1953–1959 1975–1990
Number built	2,300+
Developed from	Beechcraft Bonanza
Developed into	Fuji KM-2

The Beechcraft T-34 Mentor is an American propeller-driven, single-engined, military trainer aircraft derived from the Beechcraft Model 35 Bonanza. The earlier versions of the T-34, dating from around the late 1940s to the 1950s, were piston-engined. These were eventually succeeded by the upgraded T-34C Turbo-Mentor, powered by a turboprop engine. The T-34 remains in service more than seven decades after it was first designed.