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David and Shawn Edgington pose with their 1982 Beechcraft King Air F90 and their 2017 Cessna Citation CJ4 at Textron Aviation headquarters in Wichita, Kansas. The aircraft share a patented paint scheme first designed in 2017 for the Citation.
(Photo credit: Ricardo Reitmeyer for Textron Aviation)
“I wanted to do everything that we could do to modernize this aircraft to today’s time. I knew it would be a major project, and I wanted to do it Beech style.” - David Edgington
live in the San Francisco Bay area and chose a shop on the opposite coast because of the Tampa team’s history of working on Beechcraft King Air products.
“I have a friend in the business and I’ve been fortunate to go with him to pick up and deliver airplanes all over the world. Not only has that given me the opportunity to fly a whole bunch of different kinds of aircraft, I’ve also visited a lot of shops across the country with him,” David said. “I wanted to do everything that we could do to modernize this aircraft to today’s time. I knew it would be a major project, and I wanted to do it Beech style.”
Why the F90?
David said he’s always been an aviation enthusiast but couldn’t afford it as a hobby when he was young. “Being able to afford to fly motivated me,” the 62-year- old said. David operates businesses in the construction
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industry; Shawn is CEO of a national insurance brokerage specializing in business insurance. Together they work in residential and commercial real estate investment, development and design of high-end properties.
David’s been flying for more than three decades and the Edgingtons have owned several aircraft over the years starting with a V-tail Beechcraft Bonanza purchased in 1994 to fly for business and recreationally with their family of four and two golden retrievers. They’ve also owned a conventional-tail Bonanza, a King Air C90, a previous F90 (N188BF/serial number LA-78) and a Dassault Falcon 10 jet. They purchased a Citation CJ4 jet new from Textron Aviation in 2017, which they continue to operate, with David flying it alongside corporate pilot Stephen Harden.
“I truly loved my first F90 aircraft – to me it was the coolest looking airplane out there,” David said of LA-78. “At that time in my flying career, though, I was moving up and transitioning to flying jets.”
The F90 stayed on his mind, though he was willing to wait for the right one to come along. Beechcraft manufactured just a few more than 200 F90s from 1979 through 1985. Known for its ramp presence due to the distinguishing T-tail from the King Air B200, the model features a C90 fuselage combined with an A100 wing. David’s research showed about 172 F90s still flying per FAA records, though he estimates there are likely half that many truly in use.
‘An Amazing Transformation’
About a month before he finalized the purchase
of the F90, David reached out to Textron Aviation’s ›
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