| Beech C-90B - Corporate Jets and Air Charter Flight Services India | • Beech C-90B | ||||||
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Type Twin turboprop utility and corporate transport. General Information The beech model 90 King Air was the first model in the largest and the most successful family of corporate turboprop twins built till date. The King Air began life as a turboprop development of the Queen Air designed to meet a United states Army requirement for utility and staff transport. A prototype PT6 powered Queen Air model 65-80 (later 65-90t) began test flying in the year 1963 and the type was subsequently ordered by the U.S. Army in suppressers form as the U-21A. The Civilian type, the model 90 King Air was introduced with pressurization and flew for the fist time on the January 20 1964. Deliveries of the civilian aircraft began late in 1964. Development of the model resulted in several civil variants, including the A90 and B90 with PT6A-20 engines, the C90 with PT6A-21s, the E90 with more powerful PT6A-34Bs, and the F90 which introduced the T-tail of the Beech 200, four blade props and other models. The less expensive C90SE Special Edition was released during 1994, but is no longer in production. The current C90B has been in production since 1991. In February 1981, Beech became a subsidiary company of Raytheon. In September 1994, Raytheon merged Beech and the Corporate Jets ( Hawkers) in to Raytheon Aircraft. The King Air 100 series was announced in May 1969. Compared with the 90 series it was 4ft. 2in. Longer, allowing greater seating capacity and featured a reduced wing span and a larger rudder. The A100 is a military version, while the B100 is powered by 535kW Garrett TFE331s. Production of the 100 discontinued in the year 1984. Capacity Typical corporate configuration of Six passenger seats with four seats facing each other and flight crew of Two. |
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