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