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The Millers found a low-time King Air F90 that already had Raisbeck engine inlets, strakes, exhaust stacks and wing lockers. They added Garmin G600 avionics, Airtext, a new interior and a new paint scheme. (Photo credit: Parker Jones)
in Florida as well as flying. Miller leased the Twin Commander 690B-10 from him and “we flew it all over the U.S.,” Hardoon said.
A former U.S. Navy and airline pilot, Hardoon is now based in California along with the King Air at Gillespie Field Airport, northeast of downtown San Diego. He flies and manages the King Air, which Miller uses about 150 hours annually. Hardoon has about 22,000 hours and first got to know the Beechcraft product line while working at Hangar One in Florida in the 1980s while attending Embry-Riddle.
“We found LL-163 with low time, and
it had every available airframe mod
completed already: engine inlets, strakes,
exhaust stacks and wing lockers,” Hardoon
said. “Chris tasked me with the rest of
the refurbishment job. We took it to Stevens Aviation in Nashville, who installed a new instrument panel with Dual Garmin G600s and Dual GTN-750s and a new interior. We then took it to Aerosmith Aviation in Longview, Texas, for a new paint scheme.”
The Raisbeck wing lockers have provided plenty of room for hauling surfboards, mountain bikes and skis
APRIL 2019
A new instrument panel was installed, by Stevens Aviation in Nashville, with Dual Garmin G600s and Dual GTN-750s. (Photo credit: Parker Jones)
along with luggage, and the other Raisbeck modifications have delivered the projected performance efficiencies. Those mods along with upgraded avionics have made the 1981 King Air F90 an amazing platform, both pilots said.
“Just this week we were returning from Cabo San Lucas, and the weather at Brown Field in San Diego was low-IFR,” Hardoon said. “We set up for the LPV approach
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