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Greiner and his pilot friend Konrad Klein, on a flight in the King Air.
Austria provides some challenging flying conditions particularly among the Alps, which cover 62 percent of the country’s total area, running east to west and reaching heights of 12,461 feet. According to Greiner, he typically flies the King Air at 18,000 to 21,000 feet to avoid anything that may arise from the extensive
mountain range. One area they have to closely watch is local thunderstorm activity during the summer that can develop over the Alps reaching up to 25,000 to 30,000 feet. Greiner mainly flies out of Linz Airport (LOWL), an international Class C airport located in Austria. He explained that the smaller airports in Austria and
Germany are towered for providing information but are not controlled airspace and many have grass runways. So far, the King Air has only landed on asphalt runways, 4,921 feet or more.
Greiner figures he’ll typically add close to 100 hours per year on his King Air, as he intends to take 20 trips throughout Europe in 2019. In 2020, he plans to fly N290PA to the United States where he’ll spend 4-6 weeks visiting the friends he made from his time getting his IMBA, obtaining recurrent training at KAA, attending another King Air
Gathering and, of course, some sightseeing (Reno ... smile).
“I’m happy to be part of the King Air family and look forward to continuing to grow as a pilot with the aircraft,” Greiner stated. “It’s the right airplane for all of the adventures I am planning.” KA
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