The Beechcraft T-34 Mentor is the next aircraft that Carenado is producing for Microsoft Flight Simulator. The aircraft has been shown, mostly in screenshots, via updates from the developer’s Facebook page over the last few weeks.

Mentor

Carenado is typically light on details during the run-up to an aircraft release and the trademark avoiding Tango34B is similar to the rest. The aircraft appears to have the same kind of high quality visuals, variety of liveries and both MSFS 2020 and 2024 support as they have with prior projects.

The developer has indicated that the aircraft will release first for 2024 and then will follow up with a 2020 release. Again, this following a typical pattern established with other aircraft releases.

The Beechcraft T-34 Mentor began to replace the T-6 Texan at some training bases in the US during the early 1950s and there it stayed until the beginning of the 1960s in USAF service and lasted longer into the 1970s with the US Navy. Aircraft have also found life in civil service and with aerobatic teams on occasion. It could be quite the fun addition to MSFS hangars.

More to come!