New Production King Airs Get State-of-the-Art Avionics and Upgraded Cabin Features Beechcraft Corporation recently announced that new production King Air turboprops will soon feature the Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics system as standard equipment. As a further investment in the popular King Air aircraft line, the company is also upgrading the aircrafts’ cabin features. Advanced…
When talking about King Air avionics retrofits, it is important to understand the difference between integrated and non-integrated systems. An integrated avionics retrofit is a system that is operating off of all its components in a similar generation. These components are all made to work together as a group. This includes a new autopilot system.…
UK’s Air Capital Charter Uses King Air to stay on Top From humble beginnings, European-based Air Capital Charter has grown to be the leading and longest running charter operator in southwest England. Over the years, the company has added other specialized services, along with three Super King Air 200s, which has made it the leader…
Onshore Outsourcing relies on King Air B200 to bringing IT jobs back onshore The King Air, our King Air, is essential to revitalizing rural America,” said Shane Mayes, founder and CEO of Onshore Outsourcing. That might sound like a brazen statement but Onshore Outsourcing has the business model and results to back it up: “Our…
You Gotta Have Heart – Pilot Medical Requirements The heart is a muscular organ located in the chest whose purpose is to pump blood throughout the body. It consists of four chambers – two atria and two ventricles. The right atrium receives blood from the body and pushes it into the right ventricle, which then…
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…