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N88JH’s Universal EFI-550 avionics system, installed in 2002, was a big undertaking and cutting edge for that time.
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When Bollar was ready for another large avionics install, he knew he wanted to work again with family. N88JH became the 200th G1000 retrofit completed by Elliott Aviation.
“With upcoming ADS-B mandates, we were faced with making a decision to put a lot of money just to update our current avionics, or to completely upgrade our system,” Bollar said. “It just made sense cost-wise and weight-wise to go with the G1000. We gained 276 pounds of useful load and we have more capabilities with the G1000.”
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The making of an aviation family
Three families formed Teton Aviation L.L.C. in 1997 to acquire the B200 for Part 91 operations based at Jackson Hole Airport in Wyoming. Commercial service from Jackson Hole is limited so the King Air was purchased primarily for business travel within the state and westward. The owners are semi-retired now, and the airplane is flown mostly to visit family throughout the western United States and to bring family to Wyoming. They currently fly the B200 between 300 to 350 hours a year. Typical missions are less than 600 nautical miles with two to five passengers, although they’ve transported as many as eight in the cabin and they make occasional trips to the East Coast, Canada, Mexico or the Bahamas.
Bollar was hired just before the aircraft was delivered, and had recently retired from the Army with 4,500 hours in King Airs.
“I spent 28 years in the Army,” Bollar said. “I flew helicopters initially, and then fixed-wing qualified the last portion of my years of my service. I flew the C-12, the military version of the King Air.”
He’s been Teton Aviation’s only chief pilot and now has 12,000 hours of King Air time. In August 2014, he began flying with a full-time copilot. They attend FlightSafety every six months and Bollar said they are continuing to work through the nuances of learning the G1000 system. “We love the G1000,” he said. “It’s an excellent upgrade for any airplane with the older style avionics. It’s really an awesome system.”
Two decades of upgrades
Of course, in nearly two decades of ownership, avionics isn’t the only upgrade Teton Aviation L.L.C. has made to its King Air.
“One of the primary reasons me and the bosses get along so well is that they allow us to maintain the
Bollar shows enthusiasm on his first flight with the new Garmin 1000 avionics, with Jon Young of Elliott Aviation. (ELLIOTT AVIATION)
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