787 HAD PREDECESSORS
H.F. Schulte and others can research the issue by Googling “Beech Starship,” but the Boeing 787 is not the first composite aircraft to fly or deal with the issue of electrostatic energy (AW&ST Aug. 13, p. 8; June 25, p. 7). The Hawker Beechcraft Premier 1A jet is composite in construction as was the...
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