Imagine you are pre-flighting your King Air, checking the oil and on one engine the oil is off the stick! What do you do? For many, the first instinct is to dump a couple quarts in that side and check the stick again. Just make sure you have plenty of rags in the aircraft because…
My aim in writing this article is not to present anything new but rather to simply review some of the fuel system information that you should have already received. I am sure the fuel system was covered extensively in your initial King Air training course and, if you have been flying King Airs for a…
In 1974, Richard Nixon was president, Erno Rubik invented his eponymous puzzle cube, U.S. astronauts were orbiting earth on the nation’s first space station Skylab, and John and Martha King started building their aviation training empire. “2024 marks 50 years since John and Martha began what has turned into a lifelong passion and an exceedingly…
The Hartzell Service Center’s warranty on work performed at the Federal Aviation Adimintration (FAA)-certified repair station in Piqua, Ohio, is now two years or 2,000 flight hours, whichever occurs first, extended from one year or 1,000 flight hours, whichever occurred first. As the Hartzell factory-owned repair station for the overhaul and repair of Hartzell props…
SmartSky, provider of the most advanced inflight air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity for business aviation, announced that sales and installation partner Davinci Jets Services has completed a first-article installation of the award-winning SmartSky LITE™ system on a Beechcraft King Air 350 and the aircraft has returned to service. The expected supplemental type certification by the FAA will…
Banyan Air Service located at the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (KFXE) announced it has become a dealer for Starlink’s system for aviation. Starlink’s advanced satellite technology, leveraging a constellation of LEO satellites, aims to deliver high-speed connectivity and reliability to aircraft flying across the U.S. skies and beyond. This advanced system enables passengers to stay…
Garmin recently announced enhancements for its FltPlan safety management system (SMS) with updates to the Flight Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT) and a completely new safety performance dashboard. The redesigned FRAT requires less input from pilots and now includes the ability for operators to customize FRATs for different pilots and aircraft. The new reporting dashboard allows…
The King Air market makes sense again! At first, it doesn’t seem like it to those of us who live and breathe the Beechcraft King Air market daily because we have had years of conditioning that created what we consider “normal.” But when you look at it logically, the market today makes more sense than…
This year’s King Air Gathering (KAG) promises to be better than ever, with organizers incorporating input from previous attendees. King Air Nation and co-host BLR Performance Innovation will be providing an event you won’t want to miss full of top-notch educational seminars, prominent keynote speakers, specialized breakout sessions by King Air model series, an afternoon…
I keep observing a disturbing lack of knowledge and understanding of an aircraft’s pressurization system. Let me try to set the record straight … or at least straighten it out a little bit. I will use the numbers associated with a member of the King Air B200-series. However, what I write, with minor modifications, will apply…