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Giventofly
08-19-2005, 07:22 AM
Only 53 ever made.....here's 15 in this shot. Elseware in this boneyard are 16 more. total of 31. More than half of the aircraft ever produced are on this site, awaiting demolition. (just watched a history channel special about boneyards) According to this website http://www.bobscherer.com/Pages/Starship.htm there are only 4 in active service. The host of this website was interviewed for the history channel special.



http://www.googleearthhacks.com/dlfile909/Beechcraft-Starship.htm

that's a link to one that appears to be in working order.
McMaster_de
08-19-2005, 08:57 AM
Have found the 16 Starships and 1 more at the airport and one of few still in active.
Giventofly
08-19-2005, 03:53 PM
Have found the 16 Starships and 1 more at the airport and one of few still in active.

Nice scouring of the boneyard....I missed the solo one.

The active one is an awesome find!!
Starship-Pilot
08-19-2005, 10:20 PM
Here's Starship NC-51 parked at the Aspen, CO airport...
wishboneX
08-21-2005, 05:25 PM
Aarg! I read this thread yesterday, remembered the shape of the Starship and was very surprised and happy to have spotted another one at Aspen. ONLY to find out upon posting my find in this thread that somebody else was fast. Congratulations!
Paeterman
08-21-2005, 09:50 PM
can they really fly in space? or why are they called so?
ibob74
08-22-2005, 04:16 AM
It is just the aircrafts name, nothing "flys" in space.
Giventofly
08-23-2005, 09:49 PM
Here's Starship NC-51 parked at the Aspen, CO airport...

THanks for posting that one!
wishboneX
08-31-2005, 11:48 AM
IŽm not an expert, but could those be 2 more of the 53 Starships at Merril Field, Anchorage?
McMaster_de
08-31-2005, 12:09 PM
No. they are to small.

Should be one of this designs.
wishboneX
08-31-2005, 03:02 PM
I thought so, but it was worth a try :-)
Somehow I knew youŽd answer :-)
McMaster_de
09-01-2005, 04:54 AM
There is one at Dulles Airport, Washington DC.

Thx to skatum.
Baja_Traveler
09-01-2005, 05:05 PM
Burt Rutan used one as a chase plane when they launched spaceship one. They said it was the only privately owned starship left - Beech tried to get it back, but the owner refuses to sell it.

Here it is at Oshkosh:

http://www.pbase.com/baja_traveler/image/47171965.jpg
moldavite
09-02-2005, 06:13 PM
Have found the 16 Starships and 1 more at the airport and one of few still in active.


Is it just me or is there one in the hangar ?
Giventofly
09-03-2005, 04:55 AM
Is it just me or is there one in the hangar ?


Certainly does look like it, doesn't it! Good eyes!
McMaster_de
09-12-2005, 09:22 AM
at John Wayne Airport.
McMaster_de
09-15-2005, 05:15 AM
4 more on San Antonio Intl Airport
Giventofly
09-17-2005, 08:33 AM
at John Wayne Airport.


Not seeing it near your link....but I DID find one somewhere else in that airport! (maybe an update and the plane moved)

The second post you made is perfect, though.

5 more makes 41 total located! out of an available 53 ever made, I think that this thread should qualify for some sort of record for percentages of things in existance being found!
marcihome
09-17-2005, 10:53 AM
the other starship found on the other side of the airfield is not there anymore :shock: 40 again *g*
moldavite
09-17-2005, 12:13 PM
Including the one in the hangar? I think there are 42 shown here.
McMaster_de
09-18-2005, 11:02 PM
1 more in Aspen
McMaster_de
09-19-2005, 05:49 AM
Another one from BBS.
McMaster_de
09-19-2005, 10:58 AM
Here is one, 2002 in Tampa.
gripperdon
11-20-2005, 11:43 PM
Are they unsellable or dangerous or what?
Giventofly
11-21-2005, 03:27 AM
Are they unsellable or dangerous or what?


here's the basics:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_Starship
Monkey boy
11-21-2005, 10:21 AM
Did anyone notice the Helecopter comming into land in the end of runway 30 in the original posting ?
McMaster_de
11-21-2005, 10:49 AM
Not really. Great find, because so many people looked at this piece of land.
pinho_fap
11-25-2005, 09:32 PM
Hi,
this is my first post. The aircraft in Alaska are two Long EZ, similar to the starship, but much smaller. They were designed by Burt Rutan, by the way.
I know this because I am a pilot, from Portugal, and me and a friend are planning on buying two of these in California and going around the world in them. I'm searching for cool stuff to see on this site, eheh. I have a couple of places in Russia already.
As soon as we have our website going, I'll post it, so that everyone can put requests, for weird stuff along our route, and then we'll put the photos here. That strange looking crater in Siberia certainly has something into it, why is there a road coming out of it?
Google Earth is a great help in finding lost aerodromes in Siberia, where there are virtually none.

Best regards

Pedro Pinho, Portugal
westernaviation
10-20-2006, 05:08 PM
one of the one four left is for sale.
Rtoups
10-25-2006, 07:11 AM
You guys know about the one in mexico right? Its at an airport in a city called Tampico.
Rtoups
10-26-2006, 04:16 AM
Yay. My first KMZ file and its a starship. I found one in witchita kansas at beech field.
McMaster_de
08-07-2007, 11:09 AM
Found a new Starship at Wichita. It`s covered with the checkerboard under the plane.
McMaster_de
03-12-2009, 05:56 AM
Here is another Starship at Tullahoma Regional in Tennessee.