Beechcraft Twin Bonanza

Model 50 Twin Bonanza
Beech D50 Twin Bonanza
General information
Type	Utility aircraft
Manufacturer	Beech Aircraft Corporation
Status	Active
Primary user	Private operators
Number built	975 (includes 195 L-23)
History
Manufactured	1951–1961
Introduction date	1951
First flight	November 15, 1949
Variants	L-23/U-8 Seminole
Developed into	Beechcraft Queen Air

The Beechcraft Model 50 Twin Bonanza is a small twin-engined aircraft designed by Beechcraft as an executive transport for the business market. It was developed to fill a gap in Beechcraft's product line between the single-engined Model 35 Bonanza and the larger Model 18.^[1] The Twin Bonanza is dissimilar to the Bonanza, being much larger and heavier and using more powerful engines, while in its earliest form having only half the passenger capacity of the Model 18.