It's a bird! It's a plane!

cromag · 06-09-2019, 11:08 PM

I was on my deck this afternoon, with a mug of tea and my trusty JetBook Lite. That's no surprise. But, wait ...

I see quite a few airplanes. There are a few small, private airports nearby, so I see a lot of private planes. We're on an approach lane to Newark International, but most of Newark's traffic is pretty high. And we're on an approach lane to Morristown (NJ) Municipal Airport, which handles a lot of small, corporate jets (and the smaller Air Force One, when our the president needs to spend time at his Bedminster golf course)

Today I heard a loud plane apparently on approach to Morristown. I looked up, thought I recognized the silhouette, and quickly changed my reading glasses for my "distance" glasses. There, overhead, was the unmistakable outline of a Rutan-designed Raytheon Beechcraft Starship 2000!

As of 2009 there were only 9 still certified by the FAA. Today, I think there are 4 or 5. I'm not really up on my small aircraft identification, but I don't know of any other aircraft that looks like a Starship 2000!

It was cool!

tubemonkey · 06-10-2019, 12:21 PM

Interesting design. My fav is the blackbird:

wodin · 06-10-2019, 01:37 PM

In my younger days I seriously coveted a BD5

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maddij3700 · 09-05-2019, 04:54 PM

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Raytheon Beechcraft Starship 2000

Cool plane. I want one. I'd name it Jefferson.

crich70 · 09-09-2019, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Interesting design. My fav is the blackbird:

My maternal grandfather worked for a company (Sunstrand) that made some of its parts. They also worked on part of the space shuttle. I think grandpa said that he and another man(at another company) were the only ones who worked on something to do with the fuel pumps of the shuttle.

06-09-2019, 11:08 PM	#1
cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 25,989 Karma: 459735575 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	It's a bird! It's a plane! I was on my deck this afternoon, with a mug of tea and my trusty JetBook Lite. That's no surprise. But, wait ... I see quite a few airplanes. There are a few small, private airports nearby, so I see a lot of private planes. We're on an approach lane to Newark International, but most of Newark's traffic is pretty high. And we're on an approach lane to Morristown (NJ) Municipal Airport, which handles a lot of small, corporate jets (and the smaller Air Force One, when our the president needs to spend time at his Bedminster golf course) Today I heard a loud plane apparently on approach to Morristown. I looked up, thought I recognized the silhouette, and quickly changed my reading glasses for my "distance" glasses. There, overhead, was the unmistakable outline of a Rutan-designed Raytheon Beechcraft Starship 2000! As of 2009 there were only 9 still certified by the FAA. Today, I think there are 4 or 5. I'm not really up on my small aircraft identification, but I don't know of any other aircraft that looks like a Starship 2000! It was cool! Last edited by cromag; 06-09-2019 at 11:48 PM.

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06-10-2019, 12:21 PM	#2
tubemonkey monkey on the fringe Posts: 45,743 Karma: 158575914 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show	Interesting design. My fav is the blackbird:

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wodin Illiterate Posts: 10,279 Karma: 37848716 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+, Microsoft Surface Pro	In my younger days I seriously coveted a BD5