The King Air 300 was a development of the 200 series of corporate aircraft but only 219 examples had been built when production ceased in 1991 in favour of the 300LW.
Of similar appearance to the Grumman Cougar and Piper Seminole, like those aircraft the Duchess was designed as a low-cost, high-volume, production aircraft featuring honeycomb-bonded wings, handed propellers, and electrically-operated flaps and trim tabs. It was aimed at pilots stepping up from single to twin engined operations, and for those
The first large twin-engine aircraft built by the Beechcraft Corporation, the Queen Air series of aircraft was introduced to the company’s range in 1958.
The Skipper was designed by Beechcraft to meet the needs of aero clubs throughout the world for a light trainer with around 75-kw (100-hp), with good economy of operation, and the capability of using lower octane fuels.
The Starship project was revealed to the aviation industry at the NBAA Convention in 1983 shortly after the 85-percent proof-of-concept aircraft was flown at Mojave.
Developed to meet the need for a twin-engine aircraft of similar size to the Bonanza, but much smaller than the Twin Bonanza, the Travel Air was essentially a scaled-down Twin Bonanza with the cabin of the Bonanza and the wings, tail, and undercarriage of the military trainer, the Beech Mentor.
The first of two prototypes of the Series 200 Beech King Air executive aircraft flew for the first time on 27 October 1972, the second following on 15 December of that year.
The Beech 99 series was designed to meet the requirements of commuter operators around the world for a 16-passenger airliner powered by two Pratt & Whitney PT6A turboprop engines.
Initially known as the Raytheon T-6 Texan II, the Texan II is a single-engine turboprop powered advanced trainer produced for the United States Air Force.
In the 1970s NASA working with Bell and Boeing-Vertol to investigate the tilt-rotor concept for an assault vehicle for the US Army and the result was a twin-engine machine which first flew in 1977, with two prototypes being construction and the type made its first appearance at the 1981 Paris
In the 1960s companies such as Soloy looked at re-engining aircraft with turbines and to this end Soloy developed variants of the Cessna 206 and 207, receiving orders in 1964 for 20 Model 206 aircraft.
Probably one of the most, if not the most, produced helicopters in the world, the Bell 47 series began when the Bell Aircraft Corporation commenced the development of helicopters in 1941 and flew the first of five experimental two-seat prototypes in 1943, the first being known as the Model 30
The Kansan was initially known as the AT-11 and was developed in 1941 from the Beech 18 series for the military navigational training role, a late variant of the Model 18 series being used for this model.
The Bede BD-6 is a single-seat scaled-down development of the popular BD-4 series of light amateur built aircraft designed in the United States. Introduced to the range in 1975 the series is built and marketed by Bedecorp of Medina, Ohio and is of all-metal construction and is supplied in kit
The Honey Bee was a single-seat all-metal light aircraft designed by William Chana and Kenneth Coward, engineers with Convair in San Diego, in the 1970s. The first example was flown for the first time on 12 July 1952.
The Wee Bee was designed in 1924 for the Lympne light aircraft trials by W S Shackleton for William Beardmore & Co Ltd of Dalmuri, Dumbarton Shire, in Scotland.
The Bearhawk Patrol is a development of the R & B Bearhawk light utility aircraft which was initially produced in plan form for the amateur aircraft market and is now one of three aircraft in the series which was initially designed by Robert Barrow.
The prototype of the Beechcraft 23 series was flown for the first time on 23 October 1961 and, following certification, deliveries of production machines began during the following year.
This was a light aircraft which emanated from the Beaufort Division of the Department of Aircraft Production in October 1945 and, known as the EC-1, was a proposal for the design and production of a four-seat light aircraft using knowledge gained during the production of the Bristol Beaufort bomber during
The prototype of the Musketeer series of light four-seat monoplanes was flown for the first time on 23 October 1961, and introduced to the Beechcraft range in 1962.
James R Bede, the well-known light aircraft designed in the USA, formed Bede Aircraft Inc at Newton, Kansas to undertake the design and production of plans and kits of a variety of aircraft for amateur construction.
The Bede BD-5 was one of a number of designs produced during the 1960s by Bede Aircraft of Newton, Kansas to meet the requirements of the home constructor.
Flown of the first time on 22 December 1945, production of the Bonanza, in progressively revised versions, continued for some 42 years this being one of the longest periods of production of any aircraft.
By late 1971 Bede Aircraft claimed it had 4,300 orders for the BD-5 series but found changes had to be made to the design as flight testing revealed the V-tail was unstable.
The A36 series was a development of the V35 ‘V’-tail series built with a conventional tail unit and with swept-back vertical tail surfaces, an extended cabin, and was first conceived in 1968.
The company Backcountry Super Cubs produces what is basically a redesigned Super Cub and produced kits for amateur builders at its facility in Douglas, Wyoming.
The Beagle A-109 Airedale was designed by the Beagle Aircraft Co to continue the line of light aircraft developed and produced in the United Kingdom by Auster Aircraft.
The OBY-3 was the third light aircraft designed and built by Owen Badcock in northern Tasmania, he having built two aircraft, one known as the Kittyfox, based on the Denny Kitfox; and another aircraft based on the Avid Flyer.
The Pup was designed as a trainer and sporting aircraft to meet the needs of both the professional pilot training school, the flying club, and the private pilot.