Beecraft Queen Bee

Beecraft Queen Bee
Role	Four-seat cabin monoplane
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Bee Aviation Associates
Designer	William S. Chana, Ken S. Coward
First flight	1960
Number built	1

The Beecraft Queen Bee was an American V-tailed four-seat cabin monoplane, designed and built by Bee Aviation Associates (Beecraft).

The Queen Bee was an all-metal cantilever low-wing monoplane powered by a Lycoming O-320-A1A flat-four piston engine. It had a V-tail and an electrically retractable tricycle landing gear. The canopy shared a similar shape as the Ryan Navion. The wings were outfitted with fiberglass tip tanks. A 180 hp Lycoming O-360-A-1-A was planned as an optional engine.

Only a prototype was built and the type did not enter production. The prototype was destroyed when the San Diego Aerospace Museum burned down in 1978.

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62

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