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King Air  

Definition

  • The Beechcraft King Air family is part of a line of twin-turboprop aircraft produced by the Beech Aircraft Corporation (now Beechcraft Division of Hawker Beechcraft). The King Air line comprises a number of models that have been divided into two families; the Model 90 and 100 series are known as King Airs, while the Model 200 and 300 series were originally marketed as Super King Airs, with "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). As of October 2007, the only small King Air in production is the conventional-tail C90GT. The King Air was the first aircraft in its class and has been in continuous production since 1964. It has outsold all of its turboprop competitors combined and is the only small twin-turboprop business aircraft in production. It now faces competition from jet aircraft such as the Beechcraft Premier I and Cessna Citation Mustang. (en)

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  • 2017-01-20 15:29:19.0 [sritz] insert AltLabel (id: null text: BEECHCRAFT KING AIR language code: en); update PrefLabel (KING AIR);
  • 2017-02-10 16:55:35.0 [aaleman] updated case update AltLabel (Beechcraft King Air); update PrefLabel (King Air);
  • 2021-11-17 11:56:12.0 [tstevens] Move Concepts delete broader relation (null); add broader relation (King Air [f959e3c5-f014-40b7-a134-4d41b616f79d,826920] - Propeller [6175c78e-432c-4254-b442-40d3cf0f6b34,835882]);
  • 2022-02-17 12:39:21.0 [tstevens] update Definition (The Beechcraft King Air family is part of a line of twin-turboprop aircraft produced by the Beech Aircraft Corporation (now Beechcraft Division of Hawker Beechcraft). The King Air line comprises a number of models that have been divided into two families; the Model 90 and 100 series are known as King Airs, while the Model 200 and 300 series were originally marketed as Super King Airs, with "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). As of October 2007, the only small King Air in production is the conventional-tail C90GT. The King Air was the first aircraft in its class and has been in continuous production since 1964. It has outsold all of its turboprop competitors combined and is the only small twin-turboprop business aircraft in production. It now faces competition from jet aircraft such as the Beechcraft Premier I and Cessna Citation Mustang.); update Resource (image);

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