Beechcraft T-44C Pegasus Digital Art by Arthur Eggers - Pixels

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Beechcraft T-44C Pegasus is a piece of digital artwork by Arthur Eggers which was uploaded on January 17th, 2015. The digital art may be purchased as wall art, home decor, apparel, phone cases, greeting cards, and more. All products are produced on-demand and shipped worldwide within 2 - 3 business days.
Training Squadron THIRTY-ONE began training Student Naval Aviators in February 1958 as Advanced Training Unit 601. VT-31's transition to the Beechcraft T-44A began in spring of 1977, and on 8 February 1979, the last TS-2A departed the squadron. The T-44A is the military version of the popular Beechcraft King Air 90 and is equipped with a full range of avionics equipment for instrument conditions including a weather radar and RNAV. VT-31 is one of four aviation training squadrons attached to Training Air Wing FOUR and is one of two advanced multi-engine training squadrons in the Navy. The T-44A Pegasus was a trainer version, designated the Model H90 by Beechcraft, powered by two model PT6A-34B turbo-prop engines manufactured by Pratt & Whitney Aircraft of Canada. The primary mission of the T-44A was to provide advanced maritime flight training to United States Navy pilots to fly multi-engine turboprop aircraft such as the P-3Orion and the C-130 Hercules. A total of 61 were delivered to the US Navy between 1977 and 1980. In August 2006, the Navy announced, after 29 years of operation, the T-44A fleet would be upgraded with modernized avionics systems, and redesignated T-44Cs. Today, the T-44C Pegasus is used to train United States Navy pilots to fly multi-engine aircraft such as the P-8 Poseidon, E-6 Mercury, as well as the P-3 Orion which has begun to become replaced by the P-8 Poseidon.