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Ask the pilot

The strange underworld of airliner porn, and the geeks who make it happen.

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  • Friday, April 27, 2007 10:15 AM

    Beech Starship anyone?

    I work at a window seat in view of the SJC approach and departure route, and I've seen fairly frequently a Beech Starship landing there. Using Airliners.net I was able to narrow it down to just a couple of planes. Awesome site and another home run column from Patrick Smith!

    http://airliners.net/search/photo.search?aircraft_genericsearch=Beech+2000+Starship+1&airlinesearch=&countrysearch=USA+-+California&specialsearch=&daterange=&keywords=&range=&sort_order=&page_limit=15&thumbnails=&calccount=1152814&truecount=false&engine_version=6.0

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