Beechcraft business and commuter projects

[hesham]

Hi,

the Beech Fanjet was three engined commuter aircraft project,it
was accommodated 32-seat,some more details here;
http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1969/1969%20-%202513.html?search=ngt%20aircraft

 

[Maveric]

Hi all,

for you to name, uknown for me this Beech project. (Source FliegerRevue 1978)

Servus Maveric

 

[Jemiba]

Not a name, sorry, but the description for the same picture shown
in Aviation Week .11.77:

 

[hesham]

Hi,

many Beech aircraft projects we don't know it,such as;
model-112 :1957 twin tuboprop businees aircraft project with two Lycoming
T-53 engines.
model-120 :1962 twin turboprop pressurized business aircraft project with two
Turbomeca Bastan engines.

 

[Apophenia]

Hesham,

The Beech Model 120 sprang from a 1961 proposal to re-engine the Queen Air with Bastan 6s. With PT6s instead of Bastans, of course, this aircraft became the King Air.

http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1070.90

Beech Model 120 mockup -- Flight 20 Dec 1962
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1962/1962%20-%203085.html

 

[frank]

Hmm. This looks a good bit like a Swearingen Merlin. Kind of a cross between a II & a III. Strange since the original Merlins were developed from Twin Bonanza & Queen Air airframes.

Hesham,

The Beech Model 120 sprang from a 1961 proposal to re-engine the Queen Air with Bastan 6s. With PT6s instead of Bastans, of course, this aircraft became the King Air.

http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1070.90

Beech Model 120 mockup -- Flight 20 Dec 1962
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1962/1962%20-%203085.html

 

[hesham]

Hi,

the Beech projects;

Model-299 was developed from Model-99 with twin turboprop
engines.
Model-499 was four turboprop engined also developed from
Model-99
F-1 was twin turbofan engined aircraft (but in the
drawing,they appeared it with three engines).
F-2 was four turbofans engined aircarft
F-3 well known project,and mentioned before by
dear Stargazer.

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1969/1969%20-%202558.html
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1969/1969%20-%202559.html

 

[hesham]

Hi,

the Beech/Hawker BH-200 from Flightglobal;

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1969/1969%20-%203394.html
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1969/1969%20-%203395.html

 

[hesham]

Hi,

it is the first time in my life to know that,there is anther
Beech/Hawker project,called BH-600.

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1970/1970%20-%201931.html?search=BH-600

 

[hesham]

Hi,

the Raytheon/Beech PD-374.

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1995/1995%20-%201969.html

 

[Caravellarella]

Beechcraft Commuter-liner & Regional Jet Projects......

Dear Boys and Girls, here are some Beechcraft projects for Commuter-liners and Regional Jets to follow on from the Beechcraft B 99 Airliner. They aren't "secret", but they are "projects"......

The article comes from the 1st December 1969 issue of Aviation Magazine International......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[Stargazer]

Re: Beechcraft Commuter-liner & Regional Jet Projects......

This is fabulous, Terry! I hadn't seen these before! (my dad used to buy every issue of Aviation Magazine, but since he didn't care for projects, he would cut out the interesting pics for his files and dump the rest...).

We had pics of the F-1, F-2 and F-3 here before (see attachments), but the 299 and 499 are new to me...

 

[Caravellarella]

Re: Beechcraft Commuter-liner & Regional Jet Projects......

Thanks Stéphane ; I did a search but I couldn't find any prior reference to such Beechcraft projects......

Best, Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[Stargazer]

Re: Beechcraft Commuter-liner & Regional Jet Projects......

Just realized I DID have the 299 and 499 in my files, so maybe they were also discussed elsewhere on the forum? Anyway, here they are:

 

[hesham]

Re: Beechcraft Commuter-liner & Regional Jet Projects......

We had pics of the F-1, F-2 and F-3 here before (see attachments), but the 299 and 499 are new to me...

Of course we had them here;
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,1314.15.html

and those topics must be merged.

 

[Antonio]

topics merged

 

[Caravellarella]

I don't think I've been "merged" here before; fascinating process

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[Dynoman]

Beech X700, photos of mockup. The aircraft was designed in the late 1970s to supercede the King Air 90 and 200. This aircraft was designed with a circular fuselage instead of the characteristic King Air oval cross section. The mockup and plans were destroyed after Beech management turned its attention to another aircraft with an ambitious design. The Beechcraft Starship. https://airfactsjournal.com/2018/04/beech-x700-the-starship-that-could-have-been/

 

[hesham]

From Aviation magazine 1979.

 

[OldManJoe]

Beech X700, photos of mockup. The aircraft was designed in the late 1970s to supercede the King Air 90 and 200. This aircraft was designed with a circular fuselage instead of the characteristic King Air oval cross section. The mockup and plans were destroyed after Beech management turned its attention to another aircraft with an ambitious design. The Beechcraft Starship. https://airfactsjournal.com/2018/04/beech-x700-the-starship-that-could-have-been/

These would have sold so many more of these than the Starship.

 

[Mark Nankivil]

Thanks! The information about the belly skids was all new to me. I thought that pic you posted of it belly landed was an accident, but now I realize it was most likely just a test. This aircraft is way more interesting than I had originally considered

Beech X700, photos of mockup. The aircraft was designed in the late 1970s to supercede the King Air 90 and 200. This aircraft was designed with a circular fuselage instead of the characteristic King Air oval cross section. The mockup and plans were destroyed after Beech management turned its attention to another aircraft with an ambitious design. The Beechcraft Starship. https://airfactsjournal.com/2018/04/beech-x700-the-starship-that-could-have-been/

X700 has a lot of early Learjet look to it - the windshield and T-tail really stand out. Nice!

Enjoy the Day! Mark

 

[Stargazer]

Unbuilt Beechcraft QCGAT demonstrator. The Quiet Clean General Aviation Turbofan (QCGAT) was an engine program that was extensively tested in 1978-80 under NASA supervision. Avco Lycoming and Garrett both submitted their own designs for it, but the program didn't go past ground tests.

Sources: National Archives

 

[hesham]

From Aviation magazine 1975.

 

[Stargazer]

From Aviation magazine 1975.

This was quite simply an illustrator's vision of what became the Model 1900C Airliner.
Worthy of interest is the number "300" in the registration, suggesting a connection with the Super King Air 300.

 

[Coiler]

Fanjet is interesting since it's in the same class as and even has the same engine count as the Yak-40.