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The Beechcraft Super King Air family is part of a line of twin-turboprop aircraft produced by Beechcraft. The Model 200 and Model 300 series were originally marketed as the "Super King Air" family; the "Super" designation was dropped in 1996. [3] They form the King Air line together with the King Air Model 90 and 100 series. [4]
The Model 90 and 100 series developed in the 1960s are known as King Airs, while the later T-tail Model 200 and 300 series were originally marketed as Super King Airs, with the name "Super" being dropped by Beechcraft in 1996 (although it is still often used to differentiate the 200 and 300 series King Airs from their smaller stablemates).
Historically, the King Air family comprises a number of models that fall into four families, the Model 90 series, Model 100 series, Model 200 series, and Model 300 series. The last two types were originally marketed as the Super King Air, but the "Super" moniker was dropped in 1996. As of 2006, the only small King Air in production is the ...
The Kentucky State Police (KSP) purchased in 2024 a Super King Air 300 to transport the executive branch officials replacing the aging fleet of a Beechcraft King Air 200 and a Learjet. The King Air 200 was one of the oldest of its model still in operation in the United States and was facing mechanical issues.
More than 6,600 aircraft of the Beechcraft King Air line have been delivered and are operated by corporate, commercial, military and special mission operations in more than 94 countries. [1] [unreliable source?] Almost 53% of the aircraft delivered have been from the Super King Air 200/300 series family.
Beechcraft Model 200 Super King Air: 1972 Twin turboprop engine monoplane utility airplane Beechcraft Model 220 Denali: 2021 2 Single turboprop engine monoplane utility airplane Beechcraft Model 300 Super King Air: 1981 Twin turboprop engine monoplane utility airplane Beechcraft Model 390 Premier: 1998 292 Twin jet engine monoplane business jet
ICAO codes are published in ICAO Document 8643 Aircraft Type Designators [1] and are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning. While ICAO designators are used to distinguish between aircraft types and variants that have different performance characteristics affecting ATC, the codes do not differentiate between ...
The Beechcraft RC-12 Guardrail is an airborne signals intelligence (SIGINT) collection platform based on the Beechcraft King Air and Super King Air.While the US military and specifically the United States Army have numerous personnel transport variants of the King Air platforms referred to with the general C-12 designation, the RC-12 specification refers to a heavily modified platform that ...