I saw the strangest plane the other day, flying in the Austin, Texas area. I've never seen one like this and wonder if anyone here can identify it based upon my following observations / description:
To start out with, does anyone remember the Beechcraft "Starship"? A twin engine, turbo-prop / pusher prop business executive aircraft. I'm not sure if any Starships remain flying these days?
The aircraft I spotted was NOT a Starship, but it looked like a bit of a rip-off copy cat Starship-like design in many ways: It had twin turbo-prop / pusher-prop engines like a Starship. It had a front canard like a starship. The wings were not swept back like the Starship. This aircraft also had a vertical tail fin with a high mount horizontal stabilizer, where as the Starship did not have a vertical tail fin.
It may or may not have been a composite airframe.
I am wondering if this may have been some sort of one-off homebuilt or experimental aircraft, or is this is some new craft which is going to be mass produced?
Thanks for any information.
Rick G.
To start out with, does anyone remember the Beechcraft "Starship"? A twin engine, turbo-prop / pusher prop business executive aircraft. I'm not sure if any Starships remain flying these days?
The aircraft I spotted was NOT a Starship, but it looked like a bit of a rip-off copy cat Starship-like design in many ways: It had twin turbo-prop / pusher-prop engines like a Starship. It had a front canard like a starship. The wings were not swept back like the Starship. This aircraft also had a vertical tail fin with a high mount horizontal stabilizer, where as the Starship did not have a vertical tail fin.
It may or may not have been a composite airframe.
I am wondering if this may have been some sort of one-off homebuilt or experimental aircraft, or is this is some new craft which is going to be mass produced?
Thanks for any information.
Rick G.
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