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2026 Beech Party

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Twin Beeches in formation over Tennessee and on the flight line at sunset, from the 2026 Beech Party at the Beechcraft Heritage Museum.

Two polished-aluminum Beech 18s flying in close formation against a pale gray sky above hazy farmland The olive-drab Beech 18 'Bug Smasher' banks toward the camera over Tennessee farmland, with three Twin Beeches following in the distance HDR Close view of the olive-drab nose of the Beech 18 'Bug Smasher', its name painted in yellow, with a Bicentennial flag flying above the cockpit at sunset HDR A polished Beech 18 banks toward the camera with a white Twin Beech banking alongside, over a harvested field and woods HDR An olive-drab Beech 18 leads a silver and a white Twin Beech in a stacked formation over forested hills HDR Side view of the olive-drab Beech 18 'Bug Smasher', serial 21534 on its tail and a star insignia on the fuselage, flying above hazy hills under a pale evening sky HDR Vertical view of a row of parked Twin Beeches under a vivid orange and pink sunset sky, the dark 'Bug Smasher' nearest with a flag on its roof HDR An olive-drab Beech 18 flies ahead of a silver and a white Twin Beech above wooded country and a lake A polished Beech 18 flies straight toward the camera with a white Twin Beech close below and behind it, over forest and farmland Close three-quarter view of a polished Beech 18 with a black nose and red pinstripes, propellers turning, on a grass field under a clear blue sky HDR Four Beech 18s spread across a tilted horizon above farmland, with a river winding below The olive-drab 'Bug Smasher' Beech 18 flies straight at the camera, wings level, above a wide lake ringed by forested hills HDR Three-quarter view of the olive-drab 'Bug Smasher' Beech 18 at dusk, with a long row of vintage aircraft fading into the background A polished Twin Beech banks steeply toward the camera with a white Twin Beech close below it, over an airfield with hangars and a runway HDR A Bicentennial '76' flag flies from the open cockpit hatch of an olive-drab Beech 18 against pastel sunset clouds A polished Beech 18 flies straight toward the camera, landing lights on, with a white Twin Beech lower and behind, over wooded hills and the edge of a lake HDR The weathered instrument panel and control yoke of an abandoned Twin Beech, seen through its broken cockpit window A white Beechcraft Bonanza with maroon and gold stripes, registration N7797R, flying level in profile against a flat white sky A white Beechcraft Starship with its distinctive canard and pusher propellers taxiing past hangars A polished Twin Beech, registration N9840Z, taxiing across the grass under an overcast sky