But....
Last night, some of the locals were over after dinner, and I mentioned I was interested in aircraft photography. And one local tells me there is a Beechcraft Starcraft at the airport. And my answer was "Well,OK".
But I was excited enough to get up early and head to the airport to see this thing. And do a little research.
The Starship was built between 1983 - 1995, with a total of 53 being built. The price tag, a cool $4 million. The Starship is noteworthy for its carbon fiber composite airframe, canard design, lack of centrally located vertical tail, and pusher engine/propeller configuration.
The aircraft was designed to be the successor to the Beech King line. Call it bad timing, and a host of other influences, but sales of the aircraft were not good. There were other aircraft in the space that were faster and cheaper. And there was the economic downturn.
At some point, Beechcraft replaced the existing sold aircraft with other Beechcraft airframes. Depending on who you read, there are between 2 and 5 still flying today.
And I saw this one today.
Beechcraft Starship 2000A
NIKON D7200 Ver.1.04/18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
32 mm, f/6.3, 1/200 sec, ISO 200
EV -0.67, Aperture Priority
I'm asking around to see when this is aircraft will taking flight. Would be very cool to see it take off and in flight.
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