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Model 40
Role	Twin-engined prototype
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Beechcraft
Number built	1
Developed from	Beechcraft Bonanza

The Beechcraft Model 40A was an experimental twin-engined aircraft based on the Beechcraft Bonanza. Only one prototype was built in 1948. It featured a unique over/under arrangement of two 180 hp Franklin aero engines mounted on top of each other and driving a single propeller. The plane had a different engine cowl than a standard Bonanza and the nose gear could not fully retract, but otherwise it greatly resembled the production Bonanzas of the time.

Certification rules demanded that a firewall be fitted between the two engines, however, thus stopping development.^[1] The status of the prototype is unknown.

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^ Colby, Douglas. "The Ultimate V-Tail". Plane & Pilot Magazine. Werner Publishing Corporation. http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/aircraft/pilot-reports/beechcraft/the-ultimate-v-tail.html. Retrieved 21 July 2009.

[edit] Bibliography

Ball, Larry A. (1971). Those Incomparable Bonanzas. McCormick Armstrong. p. 186-187. OCLC 262538.

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[Colby-0] Colby, Douglas. "The Ultimate V-Tail". Plane & Pilot Magazine. Werner Publishing Corporation. http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/aircraft/pilot-reports/beechcraft/the-ultimate-v-tail.html. Retrieved 21 July 2009.

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