Amazing Beech Aircraft Corporation
Textron Aviation
Beechcraft is an American brand of civil aviation and military aircraft owned by Textron Aviation since 2014, headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. Originally, it was a brand of Beech Aircraft Corporation, an American manufacturer of general aviation, commercial, and military aircraft, ranging from light single-engined aircraft to twin-engined turboprop transports, business jets, and military trainers
Beech Aircraft Company was founded in Wichita, Kansas, in 1932 by Walter Beech as president, his wife Olive Ann Beech as secretary, Ted A. Wells as vice president of engineering, K. K. Shaul as treasurer, and investor C. G. Yankey as vice president. The company began operations in an idle Cessna factory. With designer Ted Wells, they developed the first aircraft under the Beechcraft name, the classic Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing, which first flew in November 1932. Over 750 Staggerwings were built, with 352 manufactured for the United States Army Air Forces and 67 for the United States Navy[8] during World War II. Beechcraft was not Beech's first company, as he had previously formed Travel Air in 1924 and the design numbers used at Beechcraft followed the sequence started at Travel Air, and were then continued at Curtiss-Wright, after Travel Air had been absorbed into the much larger company in 1929. Beech became president of the Curtiss-Wright's airplane division and VP of sales, but became dissatisfied with being so far removed from aircraft production and quit to form Beechcraft, using the original Travel Air facilities and employing many of the same people. Model numbers prior to 11/11000 were built under the "Travel Air" name, while Curtiss-Wright built the CW-12, 14, 15, and 16 as well as previous successful Travel Air models (mostly the model 4).
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| Type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | General aviation |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Founders | Walter Beech Olive Ann Beech Ted A. Wells |
| Headquarters | Wichita, Kansas, United States |
| Products | List of models |
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| Website | beechcraft |
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| Industry | Aerospace |
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| Founded | 2014; 11 years ago |
| Headquarters | Wichita, Kansas, U.S. |
| Key people | CEO: Ronald Draper (2018) |
| Products | General aviation and military aircraft Brands: Beechcraft Cessna Hawker Pipistrel |
| Owner | Textron |
| Website | www |
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Beechcraft Aircraft present
Beechcraft Bonanza series – single-engined piston general aviation aircraft
Beechcraft Baron – twin-engined piston utility aircraft
Beechcraft Denali
(Super) King Air
C-12 Huron (military version)
Beechcraft T-6 Texan II/CT-156 Harvard II – single-engined turboprop military trainer, based on Pilatus PC-9
Product list Beechcraft early models
Model Staggerwing / Beechcraft Model Twin Beech / Beech Beechcraft AT 11 Kanzan / Beechcraft T-34 Mentor / Beechcraft T-34 Turbo Mentor
CT-134 Musketeer
Model Expeditor / Beechcraft G36 Bonanza / Twin Bonanza
L-23 Seminole /
Beechcraft Model 50 Baron / Beechcraft 2000 Starship / Beechcraft Queen Air / Beechcraft King AirModel 1900 / Beechcraft C-12 Huron / Beechcraft T-1A Jayhawk /Beechcraft T-6A Texan II / Beechcraft Raytheon Beechjet 400
Textron Aviation Inc.I
Textron Aviation Inc. is the general aviation business unit of the conglomerate Textron that was formed in March 2014 following the acquisition of Beech Holdings which included the Beechcraft and Hawker Aircraft businesses. The new business unit includes the Textron-owned Cessna. Textron Aviation sells Beechcraft and Cessna-branded aircraft. While no longer selling new Hawker airplanes, Textron Aviation still supports the existing Hawker aircraft fleet through its service centers. The CEO of Cessna, Scott Ernest, was named as the first CEO of Textron Aviation Incorporated. In October 2018, Ronald Draper succeeded Ernest to become the second CEO of Textron Aviation
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Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing is an American biplane with an atypical negative wing stagger.
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The Curtiss O-52 Owl was an observation aircraft used by the United States Army Air Corps
The Type R "Mystery Ships" were a series of wire-braced, low-wing racing airplanes
The Travel Air 6000 (later known as the Curtiss-Wright 6B when Travel Air was purchased
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