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Mark Baker has owned several Beechcraft products through the years, including a Model 18, several King Airs, Barons and Bonanzas. His current fleet of five aircraft includes a 1967 Beechcraft Baron 55D and a 1980 Beechcraft King Air F90. “All the King Airs look great but the King Air F90 stands out in a unique way,” he said. “As a personal owner-operator I don’t need all the seats of a 200, which has a similar look, and I think the F90’s symmetry is especially cool.”
management took him to outdoor outfitter Gander Mountain Company (headquartered in St. Paul), The Home Depot (Atlanta) and Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corp., a leading retailer of home improve- ment and garden products with corporate offices in San Jose, California.
In September 2013, when Baker became the fifth president since AOPA was formed in 1939, he had returned to commuting in his own Citation.
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The F90: A coveted airplane
Baker has a personal fleet of five aircraft: a 1983 Cessna 185, 1953 Piper Super Cub, 1967 Beechcraft Baron 55D, a partnership in a 1998 Cessna Caravan, and the 1980 Beechcraft King Air F90, joining the fleet in June of last year as the most recent addition.
“AOPA has a Citation M2 now so I got rid of my CJ and bought an airplane that I’d always wanted,” said
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