OSHKOSH – Beechcraft Corporation is celebrating two important King Air milestones this week at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh – the 50th year of King Air production, as well as the first anniversary of a record-breaking order from Wheels Up, the membership-based private aviation company. The order from Wheels Up represents the largest order in history for general aviation […]
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They reached for the stars
The pride of my small aviation art and poster collection is a glimpse into one of GA’s most daring – and star-crossed – new products. It’s time to dig out my prize Starship poster and look back on troubled times at Beech, now that Textron has taken ownership. At least in external appearance, placing Beech […]
Special Olympics Airlift prepares for takeoff
For the first time in the event’s 27-year history, the Citation Special Olympics Airlift will include Beechcraft owners alongside Cessna Citation operators flying about 700 athletes from across the country to compete in the 2014 Special Olympics USA Games in New Jersey. The Airlift, the seventh such quadrennial effort, is sponsored and managed by the companies […]