Beechcraft Starship Composite Canard Business Aircraft Family
The Beechcraft Starship was an advanced composite canard business aircraft with twin pusher turboprops and a glass cockpit. Developed with Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites, it carried experimental construction and aerodynamic ideas from a proof-of-concept into a certified limited-production business-aircraft programme, making it a consequential general-aviation technology demonstrator even though the market remained small.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Beech StarshipBeechcraft Model 2000Starship 1Model 2000A
- Family Name
- Beechcraft Starship
- Full Name
- Beechcraft Starship Composite Canard Business Aircraft Family
- Roles
- businessexperimentaltechnology_demonstrator
- Status
- retired
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- fixed_wing
- Operating Modes
- land
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- conventional
- Description
- The Beechcraft Starship was an advanced composite canard business aircraft with twin pusher turboprops and a glass cockpit. Developed with Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites, it carried experimental construction and aerodynamic ideas from a proof-of-concept into a certified limited-production business-aircraft programme, making it a consequential general-aviation technology demonstrator even though the market remained small.
- First Flight Year
- 1,986
- Manufacturer
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Count
- 2
- Placement
- nacelle
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Variant Notes
- Two PT6A-67A engines are reported for Starship, but only the canonical PT6A family node is linked here.
- Name
- Twin Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-family pusher installation
- Notes
- Family-level aviation node only; Starship-specific PT6A-67A precision is not asserted by the canonical node.
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- Creation Time
- August 7, 2026 at 22:29:41 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 7, 2026 at 22:29:41 UTC