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Hayot’s upgraded panel with two GNS 430 WAAS, two Garmin transponders, a New Century autopilot and a new radar.
One of the King Air 200 models that flew for Hayot’s airline, Air Caraïbes.
Long Horn. He uses the aircraft to fly throughout the Caribbean to promote the drink.
One of his family’s favorite islands to travel to is St. Barth’s. “Their runway is famous for being challenging, as there is a hill on one end and a beach and ocean on the other. With the C90, it’s a piece of cake! I’ve never had a problem,” Hayot commented. “The King Air is perfect for me. Besides being able to land on short runways, which are located throughout the French Caribbean Islands, it also has a very roomy cabin. When we travel as a family, we go anywhere in the Caribbean and to Florida.”
Hayot also leases his King Air twice a year to the Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGAC), France’s version of the FAA, to test and calibrate the airport navigational aids in the French Caribbean Islands of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Haiti and French Guyana. He invested $150,000 for special wiring to be installed in the King Air so it could support the DGAC’s calibration
bench test equipment.
Since owning the C90, Hayot has upgraded the panel with two GNS 430 WAAS (one Aspen and one Avidyne EX-5000), two Garmin transponders, a New Century autopilot and a new radar. When asked why he wanted to own a King Air, Hayot explained that when he had the C90s and 200s with Air Caraïbes, out of all of the various aircraft they operated, the King Airs were his favorite. “My dream is to one day own and operate a King Air 200,” Hayot said, “and one day I will.”
There’s no doubt that Hayot will make his vision a reality, as he has done his whole life. KA
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