A Current Roster of the 53 Beechcraft Starship 2000/2000A Aircraft (Updated 11/08/2005)

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I'm looking for photos of these Starships:  NC-04, NC-16, NC-30, NC-34, NC-39.

NC-01

NASA Langley, VA

Donated for composite crash testing

• Last Registration: Original N2000S (Experimental)
• Registration Cancelled on 1989-02-28
• Destructive Test Unit
• The only Starship fuselage that was filament wound.

NC-01 (far), NC-02 and NC-03

In formation over Kansas

NC-01 (Far), NC-02 and NC-03

(Photo signed by Starship test pilots)

NC-02

NASA Langley, VA

Donated for composite crash testing

• Year: 1986
• Last Registration: N3042S (Experimental)
• Registered:  Not specifed
• Owner: Raytheon Aircraft Company

NC-02

NC-03

Dismantled/Destroyed

• Year: 1986
• Last Registration: N3234S (Experimental)
• Registration Cancelled on 1989-02-28
• Owner: Raytheon Aircraft Company
• Location: Wichita, KS

NC-03

NC-03 over Paris

NC-04

Decommissioned, dismantled & destroyed

• Year: 1989

• Registration: N4UB

• Registered:  04/19/96

• Owner: Raytheon Aircraft Credit Corp

• Note: This aircraft was the first Starship delivered.   It was presented to its new owner at the Paris air show.  Informed sources tell me that the buyer was an Anheuser-Busch distributor in Orlando, Florida.

NC-04 in Calgary 1989 or 1990

NC-04 in Calgary 1989 or 1990

photos by Christopher Thomson

NC-05

Decommissioned, dismantled & destroyed

• Year: 1989
• Last Registration: N1550S (Experimental)
• Registration Cancelled on 2000-05-04
• Owner: Robert Scherer
• Location: Parts warehouse

NC-05 shakedown -  Hutchinson, KS

NC-05 shakedown - Hutchinson, KS

NC-05 Boxed up in Salina, KS

NC-06

Donated to

Mid America Air Museum

Liberal, Kansas

as of 2004-12

• Year: 1989

• Registration: N1556S

• Registered:  09/22/95

• Owner: Raytheon Aircraft Credit Corp

• Location: Unknown

• This aircraft was used by Beechcraft for virtually all of the commercial and marketing photographs for the Starship, including the one on the right.

NC-06 over Lake Powell

NC-06 On Top

NC-06 at 1990 Oshkosh

NC-07

Decommissioned, dismantled & destroyed

• Year: 1990
• Registration: N7388K
• Registered:  08/23/99
• Owner: Raytheon Aircraft Credit Corp.

Former AES-1 Starship

Awaiting decommissioning at Marana, AZ

NC-08

Beech Field, Building B40 (Wichita, KS)

• Year: 1990
• Registration: N10TQ
• Registered:  12/28/2000
• Owner: Raytheon Aircraft Company

Aspen, CO - Fall 1999

NC-09

Decommissioned, dismantled & destroyed

• Year: 1990
• Registration: N999RF
• Registered:  04/17/99
• Owner: Raytheon Aircraft Credit Corp.

NC-09 at Waterloo, Ontario Canada

Photos by Robin Hoffele

NC-10

Decommissioned, dismantled & destroyed

• Year: 1990
• Registration: N253TA
• Registered:  09/22/95
• Owner: Raytheon Aircraft Credit Corp

Awaiting decommissioning at Marana, AZ