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The cockpit panels of Greiner’s two aircraft – King Air C90 (above) and Piaggio P149D (below). He plans to upgrade the King Air panel this year by replacing the two Garmin 430s with the Garmin GTNTM 650/750.
will be back. While in the States, Greiner and Klein also attended the King Air Gathering held late September 2018 in Fredericksburg, Texas, which they both found very worthwhile. “Since we are new to the King Air, there was so much we learned,” Greiner said.
When asked about what he finds as the biggest differences flying in Europe compared to the United States, Greiner said for him it was the language differentiations – some of the English was hard for him to understand. He also mentioned the high charges for landing fees and flying IFR in Europe.
Greiner explained that due to being down for maintenance and the time for him to attain his IFR rating, he was only able to add about 50 hours to N290PA throughout 2018. He made the most of those 50 hours, though, with trips to Dubrovnik, a city located on the Adriatic Sea, and Rijeka, a port city on the Kvarner Bay, both in Croatia; Southampton, United Kingdom, a port city on England’s south coast; and Olbia, a coastal city in northeast Sardinia, Italy.
N290PA getting fueled at Györ Airport (LHPR) in Hungary on the way to Austria after purchase.
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