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“King Airs have always been on our radar ... They seem to fit our company image and missions better than jets. We love the safety history of the King Airs, and you can get into some places that you can’t with jets.”
and sale of baled products and servicing the feed needs of dairies, feedlots, ranchers, stables and horse owners means frequent travel to remote areas to cultivate relationships with the largest and most productive farms in the Southwest.
“Most of the places we visit are not accessible same­ day in any way, shape or form,” Earl said. “We do a lot more customer visits and a lot more property visits with a plane than we would have ever considered before.”
The company started using general aviation in 2007 when they partnered with good friend and business associate, Pat Feenstra, on the 2001 C90.
“The C90 was a great first airplane for us to experiment to see how having an airplane could work for us,” Earl said. “It was too small for most of our missions, though our partner in the C90 was a pilot, so it was better suited for him. We made it work until we were ready to move up to a 200.”
In 2011, they went in with another partner on the 1999 King Air B200 that has Raisbeck wing lockers and dual aft body strakes. They put about 1,000 hours on it over six years of ownership and are currently selling it
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