Recently at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) convention PWI announced new King Air lighting options: The soon-to-be PMA-approved LED Logo Light which illuminates the pilot side of the vertical surface of the tail, often bearing the company logo of business, charter, special missions, AirMed and cargo operators. The Door Entry LED for King Airs…
Bluetail, the leading modern aircraft records platform for business aviation, recently announced that it has completed developing MACH Conformity, the newest module within the Bluetail software portfolio, which will help reduce the time it takes to perform conformity inspections by up to 50%. Bluetail says the company is building an impressive customer list of charter…
As Air France’s Airbus A330-200 engines whined to a stop, sand patterns twirled on the aircraft’s windows and moments later, an all-encompassing “brown out” rampaged into N’Djamena, Chad, and closed the central African airport (FTTJ). Somewhere near the wind-blasted terminal, Beechcraft King Air 200 (N22071) waited patiently. Based in the country’s capital city, the airplane…
Yesterday I got a call from a mechanic working on a pressurization problem with a King Air C90. The pilot’s squawk was that the altitude warning light came on while at cruise; the pilot descended. The mechanic did not know if the cabin dumped all at once, but the way he told it, it didn’t…
When conducting the run-up propeller feathering check, have you noticed what happens to ITT? Of course, most of our attention is directed to the propeller tachometers, as it should be, making sure they decrease rapidly and significantly. Some pilots conduct the check just as they were taught in the Seneca or Travel Air or Duchess…
Beech Aircraft Corporation had long been recognized as a leader in the design of general aviation aircraft, but along with its successes there have been a number of would-be Beechcrafts that never made it to market. Introduced in 1981, the turbocharged Model B36TC Bonanza was Beech Aircraft’s answer to high-performance, turbocharged aircraft being offered by…
Avcon Industries has received a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) supplemental type certificate (STC) for the installation of the company’s dual 400-amp starter generators on Beechcraft King Air 300s equipped with PT6A-60 engines. The installation of the starter generators on each of the King Air 300’s engines provide a total generator capacity of 800 amps. A user-customizable power…
AviationManuals has updated its aircraft minimum equipment list (MEL) guide based on the analysis of hundreds of MELs that have been submitted to aviation authorities from around the globe. The revised guide offers answers to common questions regarding MELs including regulatory requirements and key elements of the lists. To download the free guide, go to…
SmartSky Networks, the next generation mobile broadband network, recently announced it now has live nationwide coverage. Utilizing the unlicensed 2.4GHz spectrum band, SmartSky’s network employs patented know-how that combines advanced 4G and 5G technologies to optimize scalability, transmission range, and power to and from the aircraft even in the high-interference environments over congested cities. SmartSky’s…
I fly some version of a Piper PA-46, a Daher TBM or a Beechcraft King Air five to six days a week. I’m either instructing, examining or sometimes I get to fly those beauties all by my lonesome. Not a bad gig, eh? I love my job and would not choose to do anything else. My…