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Textron eViation Nexus Tiltrotor eVTOL model at EBACE 2023. Textron completed its purchase of Beech Holdings in March 2014 for approximately US$1.4 billion in cash. The parent company, Textron, financed the equity purchase and the repayment of Beechcraft's debt in cash, plus its issue of US$600 million in senior notes and a new US$500 million five-year term loan.
The American Bonanza Society has issued a reward of $500,000 to encourage the development of aftermarket replacement skins under a supplemental type certificate. [26] Despite these issues, many Bonanza 35 owners insist that the aircraft is reasonably safe, and its reputation has resulted in reduced purchase costs for budget-conscious buyers. [25]
Beechcraft is an American brand of civil aviation and military aircraft owned by Textron Aviation since 2014, [1] 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 ...
Piper J-3 Cub Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee C Piper PA-34-220T Seneca. Model name First flight Number built Type J-2 Cub: 1936 1,207 Single-engined high-wing cabin monoplane
The first new addition to the Air West fleet was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30, which had been ordered by Bonanza Air Lines. Hungry for another adventure in the airline industry, TWA's former owner Howard Hughes sought the airline in 1968, [10] [11] and the US$90 million deal was finalized in April 1970.
Designed as a competitor to the Cessna 310 and the Piper Apache, the Travel Air (developed as the Badger) [3] took many design features from previous Beechcraft airplanes. [4] It took its basic design from the Model 35 Bonanza, [5] fitted with the vertical stabilizer from the T-34 Mentor, and two four-cylinder engines.
The Beechcraft Model 50 Twin Bonanza is a small twin-engined aircraft designed by Beechcraft as an executive transport for the business market. It was developed to fill a gap in Beechcraft's product line between the single-engined Model 35 Bonanza and the larger Model 18. [1]
The lightweight V-tail Beechcraft Bonanza, a powerful four-passenger luxury aircraft, soon replaced the venerable Staggerwing in the Beech product line, at about a third of the price. The Bonanza was a smaller aircraft with less horsepower, but carried four people at a similar speed to the Staggerwing.