PROWL MOST OF US WOULDN'T IMMEDIATELY THINK of Textron Aviation as a purveyor of military airplanes. Instead, most general aviation pilots think of Bonanzas, Skyhawks, and Citations. Truth is, there's a long tradition of Textron producing military airplanes. For example, in the 1950s Beechcraft built the T-34 Mentor trainer, and Cessna made the T-37 Tweet trainer and L-19/O-1 Bird Dog and O-2 Skymaster reconnaissance platforms. And in the 1960s the Bonanza A36 became the foundation for the Air Force's unique QU-22 (see "The Bonanza Goes to War," September 2014 AOPA Pilot). Today, Textron's Defense and Special Missions division makes three military airplanes: the aopa.org/pilot AOPA PILOT | T-19http://www.aopa.org/pilot