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With an occupancy of up to nine, a maximum range of 1,720 nautical miles and a top cruise speed of 310 ktas, the Beechcraft King Air 200 series aircraft has long been the aircraft of choice for customers around the world. Textron Aviation says the King Air 260 combines the platform’s rich history of rugged reliability and versatility with state-of-the- art upgrades and next-generation capability, offering a greater ease of flying.
In early December 2020, Textron Aviation, Inc. announced enhance- ments to its industry-leading Beech- craft King Air 200 series aircraft with the introduction of the King Air 260. Key improvements to the aircraft are the addition of the Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S) ThrustSense® Autothrottle, along with a new digital pressur- ization controller. The cockpit also offers the Collins Aerospace Multi-Scan weather radar system as a standard feature.
The ThrustSense Autothrottle supports pilots in their critical mission of delivering people or cargo by automatically managing engine
power from the takeoff roll through the climb, cruise, descent, go-around and landing phases of flight. This enhancement reduces pilot workload and is designed to prevent over-speed or under-speed, over-temp and over- torque conditions.
Another key update in the cockpit is the new digital pressurization con- troller, which automatically sched- ules cabin pressurization during both climb and descent, reducing pilot workload and increasing overall passenger comfort. The pressuriza- tion gauges have been integrated with the powerful Collins Aerospace Pro Line Fusion flight deck.
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