Beechcraft

Beechcraft Corporation
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	General aviation
Founded	1932
Founders	Walter Beech; Olive Ann Beech; Ted A. Wells
Headquarters	Wichita, Kansas, United States
Products	List of models
Owner	Raytheon Company; (1980–2007); Goldman Sachs; (2007–2014); Textron Aviation; (2014–present);
Website	beechcraft.txtav.com/en

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 trainers.^[2]^[3] 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.^[4]^[5]^[6]

^ "Textron Completes Acquisition of Beechcraft". Textron. March 14, 2014.
^ Phillips, Edward H., aviation historian, BOOK: "Beechcraft: Pursuit of Perfection: A History of Beechcraft Airplanes," 1992, Flying Books, ISBN 0911139117, 9780911139112, retrieved May 16, 2017
^ Green, William, Gordon Swainborough, and John Mowinski, BOOK: "Modern Commercial Aircraft," 1987, Portland House, New York, ISBN 0-517-63369-8
^ Niles, Russ (February 19, 2013). "Beechcraft Corporation Emerges From Bankruptcy". AVweb. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
^ Ostrower, Jon and John Kell, "Textron in $1.4 Billion Deal to Acquire Beechcraft: Deal Would Combine Small Plane Maker Into Industrial Conglomerate," updated December 26, 2013, Wall Street Journal, retrieved May 16, 2017
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