Range: 708Â nmi (815Â mi, 1,311Â km) at 180Â kn (210Â mph; 330Â km/h) and 20,000Â ft (6,100Â m)
Service ceiling: 30,000Â ft (9,100Â m)
g limits: +6, -3
Rate of climb: 1,480Â ft/min (7.5Â m/s)
Armament
Hardpoints: 4 with a capacity of 600 lb (272 kg) inner, 300 lb (136 kg) outer, 1,200 lb (544 kg) total
YT-34 – Prototype, three built.
T-34A – US Air Force trainer. Replaced by the Cessna T-37 around 1960 (450 built).
T-34B – US Navy trainer. Used as a trainer until 1976, when VT-1 and VT-5 were decommissioned. It was replaced by the T-34C (423 built by Beechcraft). T-34Bs were flown by pilots assigned to the Navy Recruiting Command until the mid-1990s.
YT-34C – Two T-34Bs were fitted with turboprop engines, and were used as T-34C prototypes.
T-34C Turbo-Mentor – Two-seat primary trainer, fitted with a turboprop engine.
T-34C-1 – Equipped with hardpoints for training or light attack, able to carry 1,200 lb (540 kg) of weapons on four underwing pylons. The armament could include flares, incendiary bombs, rocket or gun pods and antitank missiles. Widely exported.
Turbo-Mentor 34C – Civilian version
Allison Turbine Mentor – Conversion of surplus T-34 Mentors to be powered by Allison Model 250 turboprop engines.
Model 73 Jet Mentor – Powered by a 920 lbf (4.09 kN) Continental J69-T-9 turbojet engine. The sole aircraft first flew on 18 December 1955.