Beechcraft Starship 1

In My Opinion the most beautiful and technologically designed aircraft that was ahead of its time

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[hotelgulf718]

What a beautiful aircraft. Way ahead of it's time and stupidly axed by the visionless.

Thanks for the pics~!

[LifesJoys]

@hotelgulf718 you are very welcomed maybe someone some day will have The vision and resources to bring it back and make it readily available for the public

[1486luana]

are there any groups started up to help save the remaining aircraft?

[LifesJoys]

@1486luana To the Best Of my Knowledge no ,its so unfourtunate that there are no groups I have a friend Here atlantisaviation keeps tabs on the aircraft as well as Burt Ruttan thats all I know Sorry I could not have been any more help.

[kingdonlwt]

LOVE these. im gonna own one, ive decided. the last picture is the background on my phone right now. also love the use of the star trek: voyager theme!

[LifesJoys]

I thank you for your kind comment .I am happy you enjoyed my dedication to a wonderful aircraft

[Controlledfall]

No thanks to Raytheon who killed this bird!

Bastards.

[MySchizoBuddy]

@LifesJoys like Piaggio Avanti

[Teladian2]

@antocaliendo Yes and it's an ugly airplane in comparison. It's disproportionate and looks like someone tried to make a cheap copy of the Starship.

[AtholAnderson]

Sooo pretty...

[granskare]

I recall in the 90s driving towards Davenport, IA on US 61. I saw an odd looking airplane...it was going to land at the small airport that Davenport has so I had to check it out....one other guy was doing the same thing...I heard that the gov bunch that certifies practically had the plane built on old fashion specs. that of course killed the advantage, they only built about 25 of them...

[antocaliendo]

you never seen piaggio p180 AVANTI  II

[Michael4yah]

Another Rutan design that didnt last. Maybe thats why all of his designs are made of plastic.

[Rocketryman]

Just saw TWO take off from Ft. Pierce Florida airport a few months ago.

I believe that Evergreen Air keeps a fleet of them for spare parts.

[HabuBeemer]

@uar99

By your logic I guess anyone can say they are an "aerospace engineer". Hope your design skills are better than your spelling and grammar. Good luck with that. No aircraft manufacturer is going to go into production on an aircraft that has the flaws you mention. And since 53 were made I'd have to believe Beech did their homework up front. Otherwise they wouldn't have survived the industry since 1932 to become an industry leader of turbine cabin class aircraft. You think? Duh!

[uar99]

@HabuBeemer ok i dont know who ur talking about, but if your talking about Rutan, well then bull shit anyone can say that, i could say i already took a ride on the Rutan's Original or beoing 797...doesnt mean its true

[HabuBeemer]

@uar99

Correction the engineers at Hawker Beech are NOT boneheaded. I work with them directly. The Starship was not an unreliable aircraft, nor was it unstable. I question your engineering expertise. The Lear 45 is unreliable and IS a Bombardier aircraft. It took a Beech engineer to work the bugs out of it. I know him personally as well.