The story of the Jetsteam goes back to 1965 when Handley Page designed the HP-137 Jetstream business aircraft powered by two 634-kw (850-eshp) Turbomeca Astazou XIV turboprops, the prototype of which was flown for the first time on 18 August 1967.

In 1970 the larger Model 58 joined the Beech range, the prototype flying for the first time in June 1969.

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 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.

The Beech Baron series was developed by the Beechcraft Corporation as a successor to the Travel Air and Twin Bonanza series.

The Beagle 206 series of aircraft was manufactured in the United Kingdom during the 1960s for both civil and military use, and was known as the Basset CC-1 in service with the RAF, having beaten the de Havilland Dove for the RAF order.