It was introduced under the Musketeer name as a 1963 model at an initial price of 13,300 and was powered by a Lycoming O-320-D2B engine of 160 bhp (120 kW). The first of the line was the Model 23. Beech 23 Musketeer and Custom.
It is roomy, quiet and flies very well and is built with Beechcraft quality control but it is a low priced Beechcraft and who wants to spend the rest of their ownership life explaining why they bought the Musketeer Sierra and not the top selling Bonanza. The Beechcraft Musketeer in reality is a very fine aircraft. We were also cheaper because I bought the planes in large groups.
If you landed too fast the gear could bounce giving a uncomfortable feeling to the landing.Along with the introduction of the lower-powered Model 19 in 1966, Beechcraft also introduced a higher-powered version of the Model 23 Musketeer and named it the Beechcraft 23-24 Musketeer Super III. When used properly, it provided very smooth landings. Between 5 January 2000 and 23 April 2000, the pilot completed 25 training.Beech used a trailing arm suspension landing gear. They are far cheaper than matching Pipers and Cessnas and if you can forgive them for being a few miles an hour slower, you got a very good aircraft at a better price.The Beech Musketeer aircraft was being operated on a private pleasure flight. But 40 years later, these same Musketeers make excellent buys on the used aircraft market.
A very small number were produced with a 4+2 configuration with the baggage area convertible to seat two children. Most Model 23-24s were produced in a four-seat configuration. In succeeding years approximately one third of production aircraft were delivered with the constant speed propeller.The Super Musketeer typically has a useful load of 1050 to 1080 pounds – giving it one of the highest payloads of four-cylinder, fixed gear, simple single engined aircraft available. In 1966 a single demonstration Model 23-24 was equipped with a constant speed propeller. This model initially sold for a price of $16,350 in 1966.
The improved C24-R was powered by the same engine and replaced the “B” model in 1977.Sierra production ended at the same time as the Model 23 Musketeer assembly line was closed, during the aviation economic downturn of 1983. The Model 24 completed the Beech line between the fixed gear Musketeers and the much larger, faster, more complex and expensive Beechcraft Bonanza.1973 saw the introduction of the improved B24-R Sierra powered by the Lycoming IO-360-A1B6 engine variant. The initial A24-R Sierra was powered by a Lycoming IO-360-A1B of 200 bhp and sold for a standard price of $24,950. The obvious solution was retracting the landing gear and this resulted in the Model 24.Christened the “Sierra”, the first model year for the new retractable version was 1970.
See this week’s Bird of the Week for more specifics of the Duchess.They never made the cover of Sport’s Illustrated Swim Suit issue but the Musketeer line of popular priced Beechcraft make one of the better buys in the used aircraft market. The Musketeer design was further developed into a twin-engine aircraft, the Beechcraft Model 76 Duchess.
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