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Since purchasing the 1980 King Air F90 in June 2019, Mark Baker has made a number of updates, including refurbishing the interior with rich, brown leathers.
Garmin updates with the 600 and the 750, so besides waiting for a new digital autopilot to become available, there’s nothing else I would add to this plane.”
Though leading AOPA’s efforts keeps him busy, he’s flying more now than ever before.
The 185 stays out west as a backcountry airplane; Baker is in the process of building a hangar home in Idaho near Wyoming’s Jackson Hole valley. The Super Cub gets moved between an airpark in the Florida Keys in the winter and Baker’s summertime home in Wisconsin, which features a 2,500-foot airstrip. The Baron is in his Twin Cities hangar for when he needs to jump around, and the Caravan splits time between Minnesota and summers in Alaska. The King Air is the way to connect all those airplanes and to get to AOPA headquarters.
“Flying is still my favorite pastime and it’s a wonderful way to get around North America,” Baker said. “You can go anywhere in an airplane and I never get tired of going different places, seeing different airports and communities, and being engaged with how we can help as an aviation community.” KA
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