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Citation jets. Peter began his career with Cessna in 2001 as a manufacturing engineer. In 2005, he began investigating aircraft accidents. In 2015, Peter served on the General Aviation Joint Steering Committee for System Component Failures of Powerplants to develop safety enhancements and intervention strategies. He instructs at the NTSB academy and the DOT Transportation Safety Institute.
DEAN BENEDICT – Beech hired Dean in 1975, straight out of A&P school. He cut his teeth on the earliest King Air model 90s and “grew up” with the 200, the B200 and subsequent models. He went from line mechanic to facility manager, and in 1985 as Director of Maintenance for a corporate flight department, where he maintained King Airs and a variety of other aircraft models. In 18 years, no flights were missed for maintenance reasons. When Dean opened his own maintenance facility, word spread quickly and Honest Air Inc. became the place to take your King Air for maintenance. In his new venture, BeechMedic LLC, Dean consults with owners, pilots, managers, and mechanics on all their King Air concerns.
PAUL SNEDEN – Involved in general aviation since 1972, including serving as copilot and maintenance manager for a King Air E90, Paul has a diverse background of line maintenance, avionics, project management and quality assurance. He has been instructing in King Airs, Aircraft Wiring and Maintenance FARs since 2006.
His current Business, KingAirDOM LLC, guides King Air owners and operators through the maze of pre- purchase, required inspections, maintenance, tracking, and vendors while controlling maintenance costs.
ROBERT WINCHCOMB – With Pratt & Whitney (P&WC) for over 25 years, Robert began his career as an aircraft maintenance technician and has worked with the PT6A since 1985. He joined P&WC in 1994 as a field support representative in Brisbane, Australia and moved within P&WC in various customer support departments and now serves as a manager with PT6A customer service. Robert’s specialties include P&WC engine diagnostics and PT6A engine control rigging.
EDWARD H. PHILLIPS – An aviation history enthusiast, Ed has researched, written and published nine books and more than 100 magazine articles on the airplanes, people and companies that made Wichita, Kansas, the “Air Capital of the World” – a title it retains to this day. Ed is a graduate of the University of North Dakota’s aviation and journalism program and served as business flying editor at Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine for 20 years before retiring in 2007. He holds a commercial pilot license with instrument, multiengine and flight instructor certificates, as well as an Airframe & Powerplant license. A long-running series of Ed’s history articles have been published in King Air magazine since 2008.
The Travel Air Mystery Ship shown here in the museum’s Beech Center.
(Photo credit: Bob Burns)
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MAY 2021