| It appears that Raytheon Corp., which does lots of | | | | the last wave of layoffs between all the aircraft |
| contracts for the United States military is shedding its | | | | manufacturers there.For Salina Kansas there is not a |
| Beechcraft brand of general aviation aircraft as that | | | | whole lot going on in that city except maybe the |
| division is up for sale now. Of course this is rather | | | | Blue Beacon Truck Wash Company, although the |
| unfortunate for the economic development | | | | town is growing the economic development |
| associations of Salina Kansas and Wichita, Kansas, | | | | Association considers this a pretty big hit. A couple of |
| which both have aircraft plants there.In fact | | | | years ago there were 7500 people employee in |
| Raytheon aircraft Co. announced that it would be | | | | Kansas making general aviation aircraft were |
| eliminating 600 or more jobs and although they | | | | Beechcraft. That figure is down from 9000 since |
| announced that they would do this in January, now | | | | 2001. Of course all the aircraft manufacturing |
| the company is for sale and the aircraft | | | | companies including Bombardier Aerospace and |
| manufacturing plants might close. This is rather | | | | Cessna Aircraft Corp. have all had significant layoffs in |
| unfortunate considering Wichita, Kansas has seen a | | | | Wichita. Please consider all this in 2006."Lance |
| real estate bubble burst and is still recovering from | | | | Winslow" - Online Think Tank forum board. |