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a fixed-pitch propeller. The two-place trainer was a “no- frills” airplane featuring only two cabin windows per side, but selling for only $11,500, its lower acquisition and operating costs made it popular with flight schools and flying clubs.
Introduced in 1965, the Model A23-19 Sport was a two-place basic trainer built specifically for independent flight schools and Beech Aero Centers. The Model A23-B19 (shown) was powered by a Lycoming engine rated at 150 horsepower and began rolling off the assembly lines at Liberal, Kansas, in 1970. (WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES)
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