When I was in high school, I remember seeing a Beech Starship fly directly over our neighborhood. I though that was impressive. This was probably in 1994 or 1995. I later saw another one at Brown Field south of San Diego in 2002. It was on the ramp loading up a band who had chartered it. Never caught the name of the band. Was too busy being awestruck by an active Starship within arm's reach.
I'd love to see this mythical bird. Hell, I'd settle to talk to one on freq.
I think there are something like 4 or 5 flying. I remember on the flight team our planes got stuck in an airport between TN and IL en route to a competition (I was driving the van so I wasn't involved in this escapade). Anyway, they happened to land where a starship is based as the weather was closing in. The owner came out with his family for a flight and talked to them before he left. They were actually still there when he came back. He told them that if he'd realized they were stuck he would have taken them all on a ride with him. They got a close look at it, but missed being able to fly it by such a small amount.
There's also a starship that beech donated to the staggerwing museum in Tallahoma, TN if anyone is going by there, that's a way to get a close look at one anyway.
I still don't remember where this starship was that the flight team guys saw, but I think there is another one based in Alabama, want to say birmingham.
