Raisbeck Announces Special Pricing & Expanded Combo Options Raisbeck Engineering released 2016 pricing for its product offerings for the entire line of King Air models. New and more deeply discounted combination packages are also being offered. The company announced three important elements: 1) 2015 prices for individual systems have generally been extended through 2016. 2) Combination…
In the wake of E.M. Laird’s departure from Wichita, Walter H. Beech, Lloyd C. Stearman and Clyde V. Cessna joined forces to create the city’s first major airframe manufacturer – the Travel Air Company When Billy Burke resigned from the E.M. Laird Company Partnership in 1920, Matty Laird lost a key mediator between himself and…
This week I flew with an owner-pilot of a beautiful, late-model King Air 300, doing a bit of in-aircraft recurrent training. He mentioned that when he received his Initial training in this plane a few years ago the instructor emphasized, often and forcefully, that the propeller speed must be reduced back to 1,500 RPM (from…
The National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) recently named its Most Wanted List for this year. This list, published every year, “highlights safety issues identified from the NTSB’s accident investigations to increase awareness about the issues and promote recommended safety solutions.” All modes of transportation are included in the study to create the list and some of the points crossover…
Thirty-six years ago, this very month, every King Air 200 in existence was grounded by an emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) on wing bolts. Back then, ADs were sent through the mail. This one had a really short window for compliance; by the time it was received by owners, they had to act very fast if…
EC Source Aviation builds flight department with distinctive aircraft Just a few months after taking a chief pilot position flying helicopters for EC Source, Tim Brown was promoted to director of aviation. This new title meant that not only would he fly the aircraft in support of the construction of new power lines, he also would…
Complying with Mandatory Cold Temperature Altitude Corrections The alarm jolts me awake at 4:30 a.m. and I fumble in the dark to stifle its intrusive wailing. Dreading the scene, I stumble to the hotel room window, pull the curtains, and confirm the accuracy of last night’s forecast. Fresh snow blankets everything outside and gently falling…
Winter is upon us. If you live in the Snow Belt, it’s likely you have the shovels and snow blowers out of storage. We all want to keep our sidewalks and driveways clear of ice and snow for our safety, as well as for those who may visit. This same desire holds true for the…
In Part 1 of this article, we left off after completing the 53-mile drive across Glacier National Park (GNP) via the famous Going-to-the-Sun Road. We pick up the story along the final stretch of that most picturesque of drives. The final 10 miles of the Going-to-the-Sun Road follows the north shore of St. Mary Lake…
It is likely that the majority of operating King Airs in use no longer have a rotating beacon. A beacon? Sure. One with an electric motor that rotates the bulb(s)? Quite unlikely. Those old beacon motors were a weak link in the system, often freezing in one position. One theory is that the grease in…