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IN HISTORY
26 • KING AIR MAGAZINE
AUGUST 2021
In the early 1970s Beech Aircraft Corporation engineers developed the Model 200 Super King Air around the new Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-41 turboprop engine. The airplane underwent extensive wind tunnel and flight testing to ensure it would meet stringent FAA regulations pertaining to minimum controllable airspeed with one engine inoperative. The result was the Model 200’s signature feature – the T-tail empennage. (University Archives and Special Collections, Wichita State University Libraries)
The Super
King Air Arrives
Beech Aircraft Corporation tightened its grip on the twin-engine turboprop market by introducing the Model 200 Super King Air
– an airplane that quickly established itself as the crown jewel of the company’s product line.
Previously published in part in the Sept./Oct. 2012 issue of this magazine.
by Edward H. Phillips
