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The aircraft had a full interior overhaul at Western Aircraft in Boise, Idaho, in March 2014 and although Elliott Aviation last painted it in 2004, the orange- and-blue striping looks fresh and the scheme featuring a bucking horse and rider, a Wyoming state flag and an American flag turns heads. “I still have people regularly ask me when we got our airplane painted and they can’t believe it when I tell them it was 12 years ago,” Bollar said. “It’s called elbow grease and taking care of the product.”
Before each upgrade, Bollar and the owners have asked and studied: do we want a newer airplane, do we want to step up to a King Air 350,dowewanttostepuptoajet?
“The bottom line is that our B200 is well-maintained, it’s reliable and it meets our mission requirements,” Bollar said. “The way we maintain it and keep it up, the one we’ve got is just as good as a new one. It’s a comfortable, dependable, lovable airplane. This airplane is family to me.” KA
Teton Aviation’s King Air 200 got the Blackhawk engine upgrade, Pratt & Whitney PT6A-61 engines, when it became available in 2008.
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