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“My goal is to recruit more King Airs than jets ... there are so many places that the King Air can help with transportation where either the jets can’t or don’t want to fly.”
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While many Citation operators are familiar with the legacy of the airlift, not as many King Air operators are aware of the opportunity.
Kevin Carson, president of King Air Academy, had planned to issue a challenge at the King Air Gathering last October, but once it was canceled he lost his chance to plea in person.
“My goal was to help recruit more King Airs than jets,” he said. “There are lots of King Airs out there that are already flying in and out of Florida, and there are so many places that the King Air can help with transportation where either the jets can’t or don’t want to fly.”
He was working on coming up with a fun tagline to issue with the challenge. Something which would play off the fact that Manning, the airlift’s honorary chair, is an NFL Hall of Famer that included King Airs “beating the jets” this year.
Sperley saw a jump in the number of Citations registered for the airlift after the Citation Jet Pilots held its annual convention in October. It’ll be too late to sign up by the time the rescheduled King Air Gathering happens in May, but Carson is optimistic
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