Originally posted by durrelllrobert
Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
Excepting the guvmint's involvement in the war efforts and military aviation [using private American contractors/industry] most everything in today's
GA aircraft are a function of private free enterprize and capitalism!
Isn't
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But don't forget that government $ funded Raytheon that in turn lead to major improvements in CA:
In 1980, Raytheon acquired Beech Aircraft Corporation, a leading manufacturer of general aviation aircraft founded in 1932 by Walter H. Beech. In 1993
the company expanded its aircraft activities by adding the Hawker line of business jets by acquiring Corporate Jets Inc., the business jet product
line of British Aerospace (now BAE Systems). These two entities were merged in 1994 to become the Raytheon Aircraft Company. In the first quarter of
2007 Raytheon sold its aircraft operations, which is now operating as Hawker Beechcraft. The product line of Raytheon's aircraft subsidiary included
business jets such as the Hawker 800XP and Hawker 4000, the Beechjet 400A, and the Premier I; the popular King Air series of twin turboprops; and
piston-engine aircraft such as the Bonanza. Its special-mission aircraft included the single-turboprop T-6A Texan II, which had been chosen to be the
primary training aircraft for the United States Air Force and United States Navy.
Raytheon Company is a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and
commercial electronics. It was previously involved in corporate and special-mission aircraft until early 2007. Raytheon is the world's largest
producer of guided missiles. |