King Air Owner Makes His Way in Business and Aviation on His Own Terms The second landing Jay Vierling made in his newly purchased King Air C90B was at Narsarsuaq Airport (BGBW) in Greenland during the winter. As he describes it, the runway was uphill as well as snow and ice covered, with fjords on…
Issued: August 2016 ATA 25 − Passenger Seat Arm Rest Repairs/Toilet Seat Frame Repairs B200, 300, B300 The passenger seat arm rests for Beechcraft King Air Models B200, 300, and B300 may be susceptible to breaking when they are used for purposes other than what they were designed. Arm rests were not intended to be…
TRU Simulation + Training Inc. announced that customers of its ProFlight pilot training program for the King Air 350 now have the option to train at home through its FAA-approved distance learning option for BE-300 recurrent training. TRU’s East Coast ProFlight Pilot Training center was the first to offer instruction on the new Pro Line…
Jeppesen recently gave a preview of the changes to the company’s SID (standard instrument departure) and STAR (standard terminal arrival route) charts. According to the company, the improvements included input from pilots and human factors experts and are intended to help enhance pilots’ situational awareness. Improvements to the arrival and departure charts include introducing colors…
Rockwell Collins’ Pro Line Fusion® avionics upgrade solution for the King Air 350 equipped with Pro Line II has received supplemental type certificate (STC) validation from Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC). The same upgrade was certified by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) STC earlier this year. The Pro Line Fusion upgrade for the King…
Blackhawk Modifications, Inc. announced details of their newest XP Engine + Upgrade program for the King Air 350. The company is developing a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) that will allow the installation and operation of the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67A engine to replace the existing PT6A-60A engines on the King Air 350 model. The…
Walter H. Beech possessed a highly competitive spirit that drove him to win, and never was that passion expressed more fully than during his early days competing in air races and aerial exhibitions. Suddenly, the starter’s flag dropped and the race began. One after another the pilots shoved throttles all the way forward. In just seconds,…
A recent thread on the BeechTalk internet forum prompted the idea for this article. All models of King Airs, for many years now, require that the pilot include a first-flight-of-the-day preflight check of the accuracy of the airplane’s pitch trim indicator. In the 1970s, in England, a King Air 90 model nearly had a loss of…
Deadline Coming Soon for Part 135 Operators and EASA SMS Requirements Per a new European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regulation, U.S. Part 135 operators will need an approved safety management system (SMS) program to fly throughout Europe under the Third Country Operators (TCO) regulation. EASA defines a third party operator as any operator holding an…
Not long ago, I had four King Airs in a row that had flap issues. Three of them were in the hangar at same time. A contagion of flap failures? Flap Cooties? Let’s hope not. F90 – No Washers First, there was an F90 in for a pre-buy inspection, and we found that most of…