The first confirmed in-service activation of Garmin’s Autoland set the general aviation community abuzz in late December and offered confirmation that the automated landing system can deploy as designed in an actual emergent situation. A 1984 Beechcraft King Air B200 (N479BR, serial number BB-1179) unexpectedly demonstrated the technology that won the 2020 Robert J. Collier…
A Part 91 operator in Texas offers a performance report since upgrading to MT-Propeller’s 7-blade Whisper Prop system. In April, King Air magazine highlighted that MT-Propeller Entwicklung GmbH received supplemental type certificate approval for the 7-blade Whisper Prop system on King Air 300 series aircraft. The upgrade is distributed by BLR Aerospace LLC, and as…