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Headed for the Heavies – RCAF uses King Air 350 to economically train its pilots in preparation for flying heavy aircraft
Robert Grant

Headed for the Heavies – RCAF uses King Air 350 to economically train its pilots in preparation for flying heavy aircraft

  • By Robert Grant
  • September 6, 2023
  • Feature

As the four-blade aluminum propellers of the Beechcraft King Air 350 spun to a stop at Alaska’s Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport’s North Terminal, freight handlers stared at the aircraft’s civil lettering and red maple leaf roundels. When the cabin door opened, three men in military flight suits stepped from C-GSYC. As they unloaded training…