Aviation Fabricators (AvFab) has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Certification #10061033 for the installation of its pleated window shades for King Air 200, B200 and B200GT series aircraft. The AvFab pleated window shades provide King Air owners/operators with a contemporary look. The shades replace the factory-installed polarizers and help keep the aircraft’s interior remarkably…
Textron Aviation announced it has expanded its 1CALL offering for Cessna Citation, Beechcraft King Air and Hawker customers operating in Central and South America. Working with its regional channel partners, TAM Aviação Executiva (TAM) and Central Charter de Colombia (Central Charter), the company is providing AOG support tailored to meet the unique needs of customers…
Western Aircraft, Inc. now has a smartphone app to provide customers with easy access to contact information regarding Aircraft on Ground (AOG), Fixed Base Operations (FBO), Over-the-Counter Parts and MRO sales and maintenance. The newly released app which works online and offline is available for free download on iOS™ and Android OS platforms. Just search…
Now with the newest ballast design, LoPresti has added an ATU circuit to automatically increase the light output of landing lights while keeping the electrical load low. The BoomBeam lights: Produce 500 percent more light, engineered specifically for each model aircraft. More closely approximate the color temperature of natural daylight. Offer five year/5,000-hour warranty, a…
Service Bulletin 34-4170: Navigation – Fusion Equipped King Air 200/300 Electronic Standby Instrument System (ESIS) – Magnetometer Relocation Kit Issued: March 2017 Effectivity: Super King Air Model B200GT, Serial Numbers BY-207, BY-239, BY-250 thru BY-291; Super King Air Model B200CGT, Serial Number BZ-1; Super King Air Model B300, Serial Numbers FL-954, FL-1010, FL-1031 thru FL-1093;…
Each spring, we take an in-depth look at the market for some of the most popular King Air models to see what it has been doing during the past year. Because there are so many market types, in this article we will focus on only the variants that are still in production; specifically, the C90,…
Instrument procedure charts are not the sole domain of Jeppesen (now a Boeing company). Various governmental agencies and private companies have produced competing charts for decades. Yet, Jeppesen (Jepp) charts have long been the gold standard in Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) procedure publications for turbine aircraft operators the world over. They’ve always presented the detailed…
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…