Last year started with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Beechcraft King Air’s first flight on Jan. 20, 2014, as well as recognizing the line of turboprops as the best-selling business aircraft family in the world with nearly 7,300 aircraft delivered and a worldwide fleet having surpassed 60 million flight hours. Shortly thereafter,…
An Appraiser’s View of the King Air Market As an aircraft appraiser, I often get casual questions like “what’s the King Air market doing?” My standard answer is, “it depends.” When looking at an aircraft that has been in production as long as the King Air, there are many variables. It is generally impossible to accurately…
The December issue of King Air magazine containing my article has created the biggest amount of pushback that Tom Clements said he has seen in a long time. I am amazed at the number of calls, emails and letters that I had received. It has really been gratifying to know that we can still spark…
Textron Aviation, parent company of Beechcraft, Cessna and Hawker products will be hosting a Textron Aviation Customer Conference in Wichita, Kansas for Beechcraft King Air, Beechjet/Premier, Cessna Citation and Hawker customers April 27-29, 2015. Highlights include model-specific technical sessions, special interest seminars, hangar talks with key experts, factory tours, and networking with fellow owners. To register…
Some 85 King Airs have flown the Disabled Veterans through Veterans Airlift Command The request from Veterans Airlift Command (VAC) was the kind that Jim Harris loves to say yes to. The organization needed him to fly the first leg of a trip that would take the wife of a wounded warrior from her home in…
Wa’did He Say? Pilot Reuirements – Hearing Of all our sense organs, it could be argued that the ear is the most complex. It consists of three distinct parts, the outer, middle and inner ear. The outer ear, also called the pinna, is the part of the ear we see sticking out from the sides…
Company pilots verify extended range with California-Hawaii flights Since the extended-range King Air 350ER was certified in 2007, Beechcraft has promoted it as a solution for government and private operators who need to get anywhere in the world without using cabin space for ferry fuel tanks and spending time making modifications or de-modifications. In September, two…
The crew of a King Air 350 arrived at their destination, met with the professional ground crew and advised them they would be there overnight. The FBO asked if they’d like to have the aircraft put in the hangar for the night, but the crew, knowing the pleasant forecast for the evening and morning declined,…