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Joe Casey, owner of Casey Aviation based in East Texas at the Cherokee County Airport (KJSO), has flown every variant of the King Air and says the Model 300 is his favorite.
King Air Connection
Casey Aviation manages two King Airs, a 1989 Model 300 and a 1979 B100, both having had avionics upgrades to Garmin GTN 750 panels. The King Airs are used by private businesses and each fly about 125 hours per year, mostly within an 800-mile radius of Jacksonville.
Casey believes there’s no better airplane to handle “mission creep” than a King Air. He explains that what started out as a need from their client to fly four to five people
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