Beech Aircraft

Beech Model 17 Staggerwing 1932 Walter Beech together with his wife Olive established the Beech Aircraft Corporation during 1932. In ... read more ... With the Model 17 well established, Beech began in 1935 the development of a six/eight-seat ... read more ... Beech Model 18 1937 Beech Model 26 1941 read more ... The Beech Model 28 merits brief mention as an unusual project for this manufacturer. Two ... read more ... Beech Model 28 Destroyer 1944 Beech Model 35 Bonanza 1945 The Beech Model 35 Bonanza was the founder member of a remarkable family of aircraft, not ... read more ... In 1948 Beech built as a private venture a two-seat trainer evolved from the V-tail ... read more ... Beech Model 45 Mentor / T-34 1948 Beech Model 50 / L-23 Seminole 1949 Similarly to the Model 35 Bonanza, the Model 50 was advanced for its day, ... read more ... On 28 August 1958 Beech flew the prototype of the new Beech Model 65 Queen Air ... read more ... Beech Model 65 / 70 / 80 / 88 Queen Air 1958 Beech Model 33 Debonair / Bonanza 1959 Despite the large demand for the V-tailed Model 35, there were many potential buyers who ... read more ... The 'leap-year' Beech Model 95-55 Baron, first flown on 29 February 1960, was developed from the ... read more ... Beech Model 55 / 56 / 58 Baron 1960 Beech Model 23 Musketeer 1961 Showing a general similarity to the earlier Bonanza/Debonairfamily, the prototype Beech Model 23 Musketeer was fiown ... read more ... In early 1963 Beech had started flight tests of an aircraft, then identified as the ... read more ... Beech Model 90 King Air 1964 Beech Model 99 Airliner 1966 Beech entered the field of pressurised general aviation aircraft following a first flight of the ... read more ... Beech Model 60 Duke 1966 Beech Model 36 1968 A third member of the Bonanza family was introduced in 1968, in the form of ... read more ... The Beech Model 100 King Air was added to the range of Beech corporate transports when ... read more ... Beech Model 100 King Air 1969 Beech Model 200 Super King Air 1972 On 27 October 1972, Beech flew the prototype of a new and improved member of ... read more ... The soundness and success of the Beech King Air 200 design prompted Beech to explore ... read more ... Beech Fan Jet 400 1980 Beech Model 1900 1982 The Beech Aircraft Corporation acquired in December 1985 the Diamond II executive jet from Mitsubishi, ... read more ... Beech Model 400 Beechjet 1986 Beech Model 2000 Starship 1986 To provide a new generation of corporate transports, Beech looked to Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites ... read more ...