Raytheon Sells 35 Aircraft at Paris Show

Raytheon Aircraft Corporation says it has taken orders for 35 aircraft through noon on Tuesday at the Paris Air Show. Included in the aircraft ordered at here are:

1 Hawker Horizon super midsize business jet
14 Hawker 450 light midsize business jets
1 Beechjet 400A
10 Premier I entry-level business jets
2 Beech King Air 350 turboprops
3 Beech King Air B200 turboprops
2 Beech King Air C90B turboprops
2 Beech Baron B58 piston twins

The second Hawker 450 order taken at the show was the subject of a contract-signing ceremony. Fine Light Inc., a marketing communications company, plans to use its aircraft to bring clients to its Bloomington, Indiana base.

Attendees included RAC Chairman and CEO Jim Schuster, Fine Light President Sherman Rogers and Brad Hatt, RAC's VP of Global General Aviation Sales.

Fine Light currently flies a Gulfstream 100 (formerly the IAI Astra SPX), and expects to take delivery of a new Beechjet later this year. In the past, Fine Light operated a Beech Bonanza single and a King Air C90B.