BEECH & CESSNA to Combine Into TEXTRON AVIATION.

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

From today's Avweb site...(USA)...

TEXTRON AVIATION Takes over Beech & Cessna

Beech and Cessna to Become Textron Aviation - AVweb flash Article

" although each will remain distinct brands. Cessna and Beechcraft...."

Cheers

[Pinky the pilot]

Hmm, good, bad or what?

No idea m'self!

I know what I'd like to see come out of it but I know it won't happen.

BTW, how are ya Griffo?

[falconx]

Imagine the cessna 200 turboprop NG

[Sunfish]

Imagine the C172 V - tail and the high wing Bonanza.

[Like This - Do That]

BE58 Texas Taildragger. Makes sense.

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

G'Day Pinky......Still Vertical...!!!

[Arm out the window]

Will probably stick a rotor on top of them too, Bell Helicopter became Bell Helicopter Textron a while back too I think.

[tail wheel]

History repeats itself? The new Corporation should have been called Textron Travel Air.

In 1925 Clyde Cessna, Walter Beech and Lloyd Stearman founded the Travel Air Manufacturing Company.

[Perspective]

Engine Choice

My first thought, as the Beech piston is currently powered by ""Twin-engine power, redundancy and safety: With two Gold Standard Continental Motors, 300-horsepower engines"" now that Textron own them, will we see beech powered by Lycomings...

[j3pipercub]

Remanufactured Mystery Ship?????

Drooooool