The Latest on NextGen and ATC While gathering with airline executives on February 9, based on a White House transcript of the meeting, President Trump expressed that he had no confidence in the FAA’s NextGen system saying, “I hear we’re spending billions and billions of dollars. It’s a system that’s totally out of whack. It’s…
One of the ongoing debates among King Air pilots has to do with the necessity to use the engine anti-ice system as the Pilot’s Operating Handbook (POH) directs: “Before visible moisture is encountered at +5°C and below, or at night when freedom from visible moisture is not assured at +5°C and below.” Depending upon your…
By 1940, all-metal airframes had become state-of-the-art, but the Beechcraft Model 26 was the first all-wood Beechcraft – an advanced trainer built specifically to transition pilots to multi-engine airplanes. World War II. It remains the bloodiest, most brutal and savage global conflict in human history. Although the war ended almost 72 years ago, its impact…
Textron Aviation announced it has strengthened its 1Call support to further meet the unique needs of its European customers. Now with increased capabilities during peak hours in Europe, the 1Call team has enhanced its multi-lingual support for customers who speak English, German, French and Spanish. Beechcraft King Air, Hawker and Cessna Citation customers around the…
Epic Fuels and Signature Flight Support have launched the Signature Flight Support Multi Service Aviation co-branded aviation card. It will be accepted at 8,000 locations worldwide, including all Signature locations in the U.S. and Canada, as well as at all Epic and UVair FBO Network branded facilities. New cards will be sent to existing customers…
Issued: February 2017 ATA 00 – General Introduction Beechcraft and Hawker customers will notice a change in the formatting and document numbering of Model Communiqués. In an effort to streamline the brands, Textron Aviation is changing the airplane specific Model Communiqués to a broader grouping. For example, the previous King Air Model Communiqués are now…
Wichita businessmen, friends share ownership of King Air 200 A regular reader of King Air magazine, Tim Buchanan always enjoys the columns written by Edward H. Phillips. “I find them very interesting and full of great historical facts and people,” Buchanan said. “I appreciate having this globally distributed magazine tell the history of my hometown.”…
I have a customer that had a cabin door problem for two-and-a-half years. He kept receiving the cabin door warning light on the annunciator panel when he was in flight, but never on the ground. When the light came on, it was never at the same altitude and happened at various times throughout the flight…
Now that Old Man Winter is holding much of the country in his icy grasp, I thought it would be an appropriate time to review how to warm up the cabin most effectively after engine start. Operators of the King Air model 90, A90 and B90 have only two choices: Either select auto or manual…
After years of intense development, PWC’s small gas turbine faced an uphill battle for the financial and market resources required to achieve certification and acceptance by prospective customers Early in January 1959, Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC) management recognized that with the PT6 program it had entered the highly competitive arena of engine manufacture, but…