Beechcraft Corporation
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Sep 24, 2026
Matt BrackenGUEST
... obviously pr- Reaper, Predator-type drones are the size of a large air- you know, uh, bigger than a Cessna.
Matt BrackenGUEST
They're the size of like a, a twin Beechcraft, uh, or bigger-
Mike AdamsHOST
Right
Matt BrackenGUEST
...
MindyHOST
Just moments after the Cessna's inquiry, a Twin Beech piped up on frequency in a rather superior tone, asking for his ground speed.
MindyHOST
"I have you at 125 knots of ground speed." Boy, I thought the Beechcraft must really think he's dazzling his [laughs] Cessna brethren.
MindyHOST
Then out of the blue, a Navy F-18 pilot out of NAS Leemore came up on frequency.
MindyHOST
You knew right away it was a Navy jock because he sounded very cool on the radios.
Matt BrackenGUEST
Obviously, Reaper Predator type drones are the size of a larger, you know, bigger than a Cessna.
Matt BrackenGUEST
They're the size of like a twin Beechcraft or bigger in terms of wingspan.
Matt BrackenGUEST
Then you've got the basic Shahed, like, you know, 10 foot by 10 foot flying wing looking drone with a propeller in the back.
Matt BrackenGUEST
And interestingly, at the beginning of the Ukraine war, Iran flew plane loads, Russian plane loads, Antonov loads of Shaheads to Russia.
Liz PiperPANELIST
Lookin' good
Nick AndersonHOST
... uh, what is it, a Beechcraft or something? Uh-
Jeff NielsenHOST
Very, uh, it was a, a Piper Arrow.
Nick AndersonHOST
Piper Arrow.
Tail DraggerHOST
Hundreds of volunteers came through the hangar across those 18 years.
Tail DraggerHOST
Some were retired workers who had spent careers at Boeing or Cessna or Beechcraft and knew these airplanes the way most people know their own hands.
Tail DraggerHOST
Some were younger mechanics who heard about the project and showed up on a Saturday morning with their toolboxes and no particular invitation.
Tail DraggerHOST
Some were veterans who had a personal connection to the B-29 and to what it represented.
David WaldmanHOST
I guess the auction is underway and closes on October 1st.
David WaldmanHOST
So currently someone has bid $100,000 for this 1983 Beechcraft T-34C aircraft located in Tucson, Arizona.
David WaldmanHOST
I don't know.
David WaldmanHOST
Is that a bargain price for a 1983 Beechcraft? I don't think so.
David WaldmanHOST
But anyway, there you have it.
David WaldmanHOST
There are one or more of these things up for sale.
Troy TaylorHOST
Jim recorded his last song for RCA in June 1964 because a few weeks later, he would be dead.
Troy TaylorHOST
On Friday, July 31, 1964, Jim and his business partner and manager, Dean Manuel, who also played piano in the Blue Boys, Jim's backup group, left Batesville, Arkansas, headed for Nashville in a single-engine Beechcraft airplane with Jim at the controls.
Troy TaylorHOST
They had been in Arkansas for a real estate deal.
Troy TaylorHOST
While flying over Brentwood, Tennessee, they encountered a violent thunderstorm.
TowerHOST
Textron Aviation is one of the most significant general aviation manufacturers in the world.
TowerHOST
Cessna, Beechcraft, Hawker, Citation, these are Textron brands.
TowerHOST
When Textron puts its name on an autonomous concept, the industry takes notice in a way that it might not for a smaller startup working alone.
TowerHOST
Textron brings airframe expertise, production infrastructure, and customer relationships.
Craig MillerHOST
Uh, he was on his way home Saturday evening following a demanding day of parades and political events, and his plane plunged into the pitch black darkness of Lake Wausau up there in, uh, Wisconsin and he was returning from the La Crosse County Lincoln Day Dinner.
Craig MillerHOST
And he was in a Beechcraft K35.
Craig MillerHOST
It loses power as it approaches the airport, and they land a water landing in a lake at night.
George DunhamHOST
Wow.
Prem KumarGUEST
So they kept in touch with letters and I was born.
Prem KumarGUEST
So he got a job at Beachcraft in Wichita, Kansas.
Prem KumarGUEST
So that's where I was born.
Prem KumarGUEST
And I was there till I was about six years old.
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