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Value Added: Raisbeck Also Announces New Dealer in Rocky Mountain Region

Raisbeck Engineering, Inc. also recently announced the appointment of Mayo Aviation, Inc. to its global network of Authorized Dealers. Founded in 1978 and based at Centennial Airport in Englewood, Colorado, Mayo Aviation is a premier provider of aircraft maintenance, management service and private jet charters. The company offers aircraft maintenance services, airframe structural repair, avionics…

Value Added: Asset Insight Launches Advanced Aircraft Valuation Tool

Asset Insight announced its new eValues™ web-based system that allows users to instantly obtain their aircraft’s Current Market Value and estimated Residual Value, compare their aircraft’s marketability against other aircraft listed for sale, and predict future maintenance expense, with all information updated daily. The only such tool available in the industry today, eValues also allows…

Value Added: New Items in ForeFlight 10 Revealed

ForeFlight recently announced some added capabilities to ForeFlight 10: new smart airspace features, improved search capability to help you find what you need faster, automatic chart and data updates to keep your device ready to fly and more. ForeFlight’s improved app-wide Search functionality is smarter, faster, and more consistent across app views. It quickly finds…

Technically: Beechcraft Service Letter #MTL-55-01

Date: May 2018 Stabilizers – Inspection of the Washer Location in the Elevator Support Assembly Effectivity: King Air Model B200GT, Serial Numbers BY-301 through BY-303; King Air Model B300, Serial Numbers FL-1106, FL-1107, FL-1110, FL-1111, and FL-1113; and King Air Model B300C, Serial Number FM-72 Reason: The washers for the left and right elevator support…

A Closer Look at NextGen

A Closer Look at NextGen

NextGen is an ambitious undertaking that is meant to modernize the national airspace system of the United States to accomplish a number of goals. It has several technology components that we hear about as we all strive to stay informed in our industry. It is my hope that this article will provide some useful information…

Registration Now Open for King Air Gathering III

September 28-29, 2018 Fredricksburg, Texas (T82) Registration is now open for the next King Air Gathering being held September 28-29, 2018 at the Hangar Hotel Conference Center located right on Gillespie County Airport (T82) at Fredricksburg, Texas. Hotel rooms are also available at the Hangar Hotel, which is uniquely designed as a World War II…

King Air Insurance Market Update

King Air Insurance Market Update

The first quarter of 2018 is behind us and many of you spent April reflecting upon the opportunities, challenges and results from the first three months of the year to forecast what the rest of 2018 may hold for your business, flight department, operating budget or other goals. Upon reflection of insurance policy placements made…

Ask the Expert: King Air “Gotchas”

This article originally appeared in the September 2013 issue of this magazine. Some questions that I have recently received lead me to believe it is time for a repeat. Additionally, I have added a comment about the Shock Link in the nose wheel steering mechanism. I am often asked by pilots transitioning into a King…

The Hollywood Travel Air

The Hollywood Travel Air

In 1928 Tinseltown’s Wallace Beery paid Walter H. Beech $18,500 cash for a custom-built Travel Air Type A6000A cabin monoplane that, in terms of luxury, performance and quality, foreshadowed the Beechcraft King Air that flew 36 years later. On a typical business day late in 1927, Walter H. Beech, president of the Travel Air Manufacturing…