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| | Beechcraft Kingair 65-90 |
 | | After Walter Beech's death in 1950, his wife and co-founder, Olive Ann, became president and chairman of Beech and she continued the profitable aircraft production lines, while also diversifying into other aerospace endeavors. |
 | | In 1959, Beech Aircraft introduced the Model 65 Queen Air to fill the gap between the six-seat twin-Bonanza, a derivative of the single-engine Bonanza introduced in 1947, and the Super 18, a deluxe version of the classic Beech 18. |
 | | The Queen Air featured the low-wing, all-metal, tricycle design typical of Beech's post-war aircraft, carried seven to nine passengers, and featured two horizontally-opposed 340-hp Lycoming engines. |
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