Beechcraft

Beechcraft is an American airplane manufacturer based in Wichita, Kansas, founded in 1932 by Walter Beech as president, his wife Olive Ann Beech as secretary, Ted A. Wells as Vice President of engineering, K. K. Shaul as treasurer and investor C. G. Yankey as Vice President.

A brand of Textron Aviation since 2014, it was originally a brand of Beech Aircraft Corporation, an American manufacturer of general aviation, commercial, and military aircraft, ranging from light single-engined aircraft to twin-engined turboprop transports, business jets, and military trainers. Beech later became a division of Raytheon and then Hawker Beechcraft before a bankruptcy sale turned its assets over to Textron (parent company of Beech's historical cross-town Wichita rival, Cessna Aircraft Company). It remains a brand of Textron Aviation.