Current Issue – King Air Magazine
Aviation Issues
2026 Neil Armstrong Outstanding Achievement Awardees Named The National Aviation Hall of Fame announced recently that Mark R. Baker and Bruce Landsberg are co-recipients of the 2026 Neil Armstrong Outstanding Achievement Award. Distinguished leaders in general aviation, Baker and Landsberg have each made profound and lasting contributions to aviation safety, education and pilot advocacy, collectively…
Value Added
Garmin Brings SmartCharts to Garmin Pilot Web Garmin’s aviation charting solution SmartCharts is now available for Garmin Pilot Web, the avionics manufacturer’s flight planning website that complements its mobile app. SmartCharts provides pilots with a simplified and intuitive experience by producing clear and relevant data to depict a chart tailored for their specific flight operation.…
Direct from the DPE
Dusting Off Our Overlooked Switches
I once flew with a CFI who pointed to a switch in the cockpit and said, “That’s a ‘dusty switch.’” I pondered that comment and then had to ask, “What’s a dusty switch?” He told me that a dusty switch is “a switch that is hardly ever touched, or a switch that you should not…
Operator Spotlight
For many pilots, it would be a difficult decision to move on from a mint condition Cessna Grand Caravan EX. This was a problem that Tim Russell of St. Petersburg, Florida, had in 2025, when faced with the prospect that the single-engine turboprop may no longer be the best aircraft for his mission. “We had…
Feature
One evening at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, I was walking behind a gray-haired pilot and his wife. It had been a hot, lengthy day of airshows and he was holding on to his wife for a little extra support as he made the long walk from the flight line to the far reaches of the parking…