icao iata company callsign country
HBT Textron Aviation (Beechcraft) BECT USA United States
Beechcraft Corp. BECT USA United States
HBT Hawker Beechcraft USA United States
RTN Raytheon Aircraft USA United States
Raytheon Credit Corp. USA United States
Beech Acceptance Corp. USA United States
Beech Aircraft Corp. USA United States

note

Premier manufacturer of general aviation and military aircraft founded by Walter Beech and his wife Ann Mellor Beech in 1932. Company was acquired by Raytheon Corporation in 1993. Raytheon sold its aircraft division in 2006 to a consortium of Goldman Sachs and Onex Corporation which renamed it Hawker Beechcraft. Financial crisis of 2008 left company with heavy debt. Hawker Beechcraft entered chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May 2012. After reorganizing it emerged from the chapter 11 protection in February 2013 as Beechcraft Corporation.

founded - demised (age)

1932 - present  (91years)

headquarters

, Wichita, KS

web

www.hawkerbeechcraft.com legacy
www.beechcraft.com

base airports

KICT Dwight D. Eisenhower National Wichita
KLIT Bill & Hillary Clinton National Little Rock
KBEC Beech Factory Wichita Headquarters, factory

related operators

Textron Aviation Inc. (Cessna) sister co.
add operator
update
comment