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From: wanttaja@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ronald J Wanttaja)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Beech Starship 1 rolled out!
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Date: Thu, 16-Jan-86 12:37:46 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 16 12:37:46 1986
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> From the 13Jan86 issue of _Aviation Week_, p. 14:
> 
> 	Beech Aircraft will begin flight test in February or March
> 	of its first full-size, composite material Beech Starship 1,
> 	which rolled out at Wichita, Kan., Jan 3.  Test pilots will
> 	fly the aircraft from the right copilot's seat during extreme
> 	attitude testing because the exterior door structure behind
> 	the pilot's seat interferes with ejection seat placement.
> 

Now, that be interesting.  Is this the first installation of an ejection
seat in an experimental General Aviation aircraft?  Considering the
configuration of the Starship, I certainly see why one was installed.  I
wish *I* had a handle that solves all aeronautical problems...:-).

					    Ron Wanttaja
					    (ssc-vax!wanttaja)

"Batteries to power... turbines to speed..."