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yourself to a low-altitude cruise up the peninsula, try one more thing: pulling the Pressure Control CB. Maybe a rock whacked your squat switch during the takeoff roll, making it act as if you are still on the ground. As you have reviewed in this article, pulling the CB gives you a neat work- around to allow pressurization even with a bad squat (or WOW, weight- on-wheels) switch. Cool!
Thanks again to Jay for the inter- esting question! KA
King Air expert Tom Clements has been flying and instructing in King Airs for over 44 years, and is the author of “The King Air Book.” He is a Gold Seal CFI and has over 23,000 total hours with more than 15,000 in King Airs. For information on ordering his book, go to www. flightreview.net. Tom is actively mentoring the instructors at King Air Academy in Phoenix.
If you have a question you’d like Tom to answer, please send it to Editor Kim Blonigen at kblonigen@cox.net.
If you think the skies are crowded, wait ‘til you
see the avionics shops.
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