>     A question not far off the subject;  I was in
Ft Lauderdale the first
> week of April and heard a plane climbing out of
the local airport. > Naturally
> I looked up to see what looked like a longEZ but
it had twin pushers, one > on
> each wing. Does anyone know what it might be?
>
> Tom/norpro
>
> Either a Beach Star ship or a Piaggio Avanti.
>
>

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Beech+Starship&um=1&ie=UTF-8

>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piaggio_Avanti
> -- > Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
>
>
>
> Looking at the pictures it was definitely the
Beach Star Ship. Thanks.
>
> Tom/norpro

Interesting, I think the only one still Legal to fly
is Scaled Composites
own chase plane. The fleet was grounded a few years
ago for too many
maintenance issues. Rutan got around it (suggested
it?).
I don't believe anyone else is still flying one.

Ron Freier
Vision 4-place and
rebuilding a Stits Playmate.

Actually the Starship you see chasing the Scaled
projects is owned/operated by Robert Scherer, a real
estate developer in Socal.  He owns NC-51, one of the
five remaining  Starships that Beech/Ratheon couldn't
pry out of the owner's hands.  He also purchased all
remaining spares a few years back.

His web site:
http://www.bobscherer.com/Pages/Starship.htm

Bob Geis



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