This year’s King Air Gathering (KAG) promises to be better than ever, with organizers incorporating input from previous attendees. King Air Nation and co-host BLR Performance Innovation will be providing an event you won’t want to miss full of top-notch educational seminars, prominent keynote speakers, specialized breakout sessions by King Air model series, an afternoon…
The first time we volunteered at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah, the staff at the nation’s largest no-kill sanctuary for companion animals tasked me and my husband with socializing a litter of puppies that had recently been dumped. The goal was to show them some love and help get them comfortable being handled,…
Sixty years ago, on Jan. 20, 1964, Beech Aircraft Corporation pilots flew the first official flight of the conforming prototype of the Beechcraft King Air Model 90. Thousands of spectators – from employees to area residents and local and state dignitaries – watched as the aircraft took off from Beech Field on the east side…
Registration for King Air Gathering (KAG) 2024 is scheduled to open Feb. 12. Taking place at The Greenbrier, located near White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, the event will be held Wednesday, May 15 through Saturday, May 18 with a variety of speakers and educational seminars, as well as vendor exhibits and social activities. It is…
In Part One, we flew to the greater Seattle area and toured the National Park Service (NPS) lands northeast and northwest of the Seattle metro area. That included North Cascades National Park (NCNP), Olympic National Park (ONP) and the various associated National Recreation Areas and NPS lands. In this section, we’ll continue our tour of…
Emerald or jade. Forest or hunter. Turquoise or teal. Whatever adjective one chooses to add to “green,” there is little question you’ll find it in Washington. As a state motto, it’s never been officially adopted, but Washington has long been called “The Evergreen State” for good reason. Seattle, the state’s largest city, is similarly referred…
Many aircraft owners are entrepreneurial by nature, looking for new opportunities, ideas and efficient ways to deploy capital and maximize their return. This mindset creates new and more affordable ways to fly the open sky without having 150 strangers sitting next to you. A common avenue to making aircraft ownership more affordable is to be…
When pilots Wayne Petrus and Philip Thomas flew missions for Angel Flight South Central in the early 2000s, they noticed the tremendous need for flights originating from their home state of Louisiana. Angel Flight was doing an admiral job, but with the organization based in the Dallas metro area, many of their pilots were also…
Five years ago, Ron Draper became president and chief executive officer of Textron Aviation at the age of 50. Earlier this year, Draper talked to King Air magazine about what he calls his “not normal” career path from farmer to the C-suite, the importance of faith and family in his life and his enthusiastic return…
There aren’t many King Air B100 aircraft in the world. I think it is one of the better King Air models, but others love the mighty 3XX, 2XX and the various 90 models. The little known B100 was designed and built in the mid-1970s when Beechcraft anticipated a Pratt & Whitney employee strike could impact…