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Beechcraft

and still building

94 Years in business
Founded
1932
Founder
Walter Beech, Olive Ann Beech, Ted A. Wells
Headquarters
Wichita, Kansas, United States
Parent company
Raytheon Company, (1980–2007), Goldman Sachs, (2007–2014), Textron Aviation, (2014–present)
Employees
Not recorded
Products
List of models

About the manufacturer

Beechcraft is an American brand of civil aviation and military aircraft owned by Textron Aviation since 2014, 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 trainers. Beech later became a division of Raytheon and then Hawker Beechcraft before a bankruptcy sale turned its assets over to Textron (parent company of Beech's historical cross-town Wichita rival, Cessna Aircraft Company). It remains a brand of Textron Aviation.

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