page_title: Beechcraft L-23 Seminole
section_title: Variants
hierarchical_section_title: Beechcraft L-23 Seminole / Variants
caption_attribution_description: English: Beechcraft U-8F
context_page_description: The Beechcraft L-23 Seminole was the United States Armed Forces designation for the Beechcraft Twin Bonanza and Queen Air aircraft in its inventory.
context_section_description: YL-23
  Four Model 50 Twin Bonanzas evaluated by the US Army subsequently converted to L-23A standard.
  L-23A
  55 delivered to the US Army, many subsequently converted to L-23D standard.
  L-23B
  40 delivered to the US Army, many subsequently converted to L-23D standard.
  XL-23C
  One aircraft for evaluation by the US Air Force.
  L-23D
  100 delivered new to the US Army plus 93 L-23As and Bs rebuilt to L-23D standard.
  RL-23D
  variant with belly-mounted radar. Eleven new-build aircraft delivered to the US Army, plus 29 converted from L-23Ds.
  L-23E
  Six delivered to the United States Army.
  L-23F
  24 aircraft based on the Beechcraft Queen Air delivered to the US Army.
  U-8D
  L-23D redesignated in 1962.
  RU-8D
  RL-23D redesignated in 1962, plus 15 U-8Ds converted after 1962.
  U-8E
  L-23E redesignated in 1962.
  U-8F
  L-23F redesignated in 1962 and 46 new-build aircraft delivered to the US Army, plus single Beechcraft Model 87 delivered used as NU-8F in 1964 and one Queen Air purchased second-hand in 1966. In addition, one U-8F was delivered to the Pakistan Army instead of the US Army and two Queen Airs confiscated from drug runners were added to the US Army inventory in 1981 as U-8Fs.
  NU-8F
  US military designation assigned to a modified commercial Queen Air converted as the prototype Model 65-90 King Air, and fitted with two 500 shp Pratt & Whitney PT6A-6 turboprop engines. The aircraft was evaluated by the US Army in 1964.
  U-8G
  XL-23C, seven U-8Ds and four U-8Es modified with more powerful engines and enlarged cabin for six passengers.
caption: Beechcraft U-8F
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