An Airbus innovation center uses a King Air C90 to collect data that drives its approach to incorporating rapid technological advancements in commercial aviation. Acubed, pronounced A-cubed, is Airbus’ Silicon Valley innovation center that specializes in artificial intelligence and machine learning applications for aviation. The organization is actively conducting flight testing in a specially modified…
From Tennessee farm boy to famous aviator and respected entrepreneur, Walter was a driving force in the commercial aviation industry for 33 years. When the United States entered World War I in April 1917, Walter Herschel Beech was working as a trained chauffer and automobile engine mechanic for the White Motor Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota.…
News Roundup from NBAA-BACE Here’s a recap of news releases issued during the 2025 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition held in mid-October in Las Vegas. King Air to Receive Next-Generation Fuel Quantity Indication System Raisbeck Engineering, Inc. and CiES Inc. announced a new agreement to bring a modern, highly reliable fuel quantity indication system…
FAA Airworthiness Directive 2025-20-11: Rudder Control System Effective date: Oct. 17, 2025 Applicability: Model B200GT S/Ns BY-335, BY-356, BY-443, BY-453, BY-454; Model B200CGT S/Ns BZ-4 through BZ-9; Model B300 S/Ns FL-1173 through FL-1175 inclusive, FL-1177, FL-1181, FL-1184 through FL-1186 inclusive, FL-1189, FL-1193, FL-1197 through FL-1202 inclusive, FL-1210, FL-1211, FL-1213, FL-1218, FL-1220 through FL-1222 inclusive, FL-1225,…
In the world of aviation, precision and adherence to regulations are paramount. Whether you’re a seasoned King Air pilot or an owner-operator, understanding the nuances of logging pilot-in-command time and dual received hours is essential – not only for regulatory compliance but also for maintaining your insurance coverage. In this article I’m going to explore…
In June 2025, a Beechcraft King Air 360 lifted off from Fargo, North Dakota, bound for its new home in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The ferry route spanned 6,800 nautical miles and two continents, requiring crossing the North Atlantic and overflying some of the harshest landscapes on Earth. For any ferry crew, this kind of trip…
Recently, I’ve had wing bolts on the brain. I got wind of a King Air 200 getting a five-year wing bolt inspection that didn’t end up being the routine maintenance activity it should have been. On reinstallation, the technician installed the nut backward and torqued it down. He did this on both sides and damaged…
Your airplane just came out of maintenance. You picked the best, most qualified shop to do the work, and now you’re excited to get in the air again. You jump in, fire up and launch into the sky. Then you realize something is not quite right. Unfortunately, this happens all too often. Picking up an…
Corporate Angel Network Expands to Include King Airs The nonprofit started in 1981 with a King Air flight In 1981, Leonard Greene donated use of his company’s Beechcraft King Air to transport an 18-year-old patient back home to Detroit for Christmas after receiving treatment at New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Greene was the…
Today’s haunted attractions are not your grandparents’ idea of scary. Anyone of a certain age remembers the haunted houses when we were kids, usually organized as a fundraiser by a local community group. Haunted attractions today are big business. We’re not talking standard jump-scare attractions; the top-tier mega haunts are full-scale productions with intricate costuming,…