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First flight of the Super King Air 200 on October 27, 1972, from left to right: Leroy Clay, Chief Project Engineer; George Humphrey, Sr. Vice President; Bud Francis, Test Pilot; Mrs. Olive Ann Beech, CEO; J.D. Webber, Chief of Flight Test Research and Development; Frank E. Hedrick, President; J.N. Lew, Vice President Engineer- ing and Jack Marinelli, Vice President Aircraft Research and Development. (Courtesy: Scott Francis)
The 50th anniversary of the first flight, Jan. 20, 2014, with the current production King Air models at that time, the King Air C90GTx, the King Air 250 and the King Air 350i.
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