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King Airs and serves as the Director of Training for the King Air Academy. He is also author of “The King Air Book,” “The King Air Book II” and the monthly “Ask the Expert” column in this magazine.
Dr. Scott Dennstaedt, Founder of Aviation Weather Workshops – Dr. Dennstaedt combined his meteorology training and love of aviation and created Aviation Weather Workshops to teach pilots at all experience levels how to
minimize their exposure to adverse weather. He also recently created EZWxBrief, a progressive web app, and co-authored the weather book “Pilot Weather: From solo to the airlines.” He is a commercial pilot with instrument rating and has been a CFI for over 20 years.
Peter Basile, Senior Air Safety Inves- tigator at Textron Aviation – Peter has participated as an NTSB party member on over 180 accident investigations rang- ing from the Cessna 140 and Beechcraft Musketeer to current production King
Airs and Citation business jets. He instructs at the DOT Transportation Safety institute and NTSB academy, as well as presents safety information to various pilot associations. He holds a Master of Science in aviation safety, is a private pilot with an instrument rating and an A&P mechanic with inspection authorization.
Dean Benedict, BeechMedic LLC – Dean is a certified A&P/IA with over 45 years of maintaining King Airs. He’s the founder and former owner of Honest Air Inc., a maintenance shop that specialized in Beech aircraft with an emphasis on King
Airs. Currently, with BeechMedic LLC, Dean consults with King Air owners, operators and maintenance shops on all things pertaining to King Air maintenance. This includes troubleshooting, pre-buys and maintenance management. Dean also writes the “Maintenance Tip” articles for this magazine.
There will also be breakout sessions for operations and maintenance and avionics and engines, so attendees can get more specific information regarding their individual King Air models.
This year KAG will also feature a variety of activities for spouses/companions, so be sure to check out more details when you register.
More event information can be found at: www. kingairnation/gathering. You can also go to KingAirevents.com, where there is detailed instructions on how to register.
Don’t miss the opportunity to join with other King Air owners and pilots while educating yourself about all things King Air. Make plans now to attend King Air Gathering 2023, April 12-14. KA
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