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The Rarest King Air


Produced for only seven years in the early ’80s, Beech’s “Little” King Air F90 may have been a bit too good



In one form or another, Beech King Airs have always managed to top turboprop popularity polls. Since the mid-’60s, Beech has introduced a King Air for every mission, about a dozen variations on the basic theme. The C90 is still the entry-level model, and it has always represented perhaps the most popular and least expensive King Air. In 1979, Beech introduced the F90, a model that addressed virtually all the early C90’s performance deficiencies. The two big improvements were the more powerful Pratt & Whitney PT6A-135 engines, boosting power from 550 to 750 shp per side, and the broad T-tail, adapted from the larger King Air 200.
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