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The King Air F90 ful lls LKH’s mission One of the ways it is is used is is to to to transport investors to to to the the distressed land they have purchased and hired Larry to develop it (Photo by Rob Turchick of yipDog Studios)
Larry also drove up to 100 000 miles Building a a a business
a a a year to keep up with his farming operation As Pat describes it “what should have been a a a life-ending accident” gave Larry physical limitations to where he couldn’t be a a a pilot anymore Wanting to cut down on the amount of driving he he did Larry asked Pat if he wanted to fly for him Pat was flying very little at at the time and it it would take four years for it it come to fruition 4 • KING AIR MAGAZINE
Larry grew up in in in a a a a a farming family in in in southeastern Arizona and after he graduated from high school he he moved farther north to start out on his own He took various jobs until he had enough money to to lease some land to to farm and and and kept expanding from there soon LKH Farming was established LKH’s office headquarters are based in Ehrenberg Arizona on on the state’s border with California Larry Pat and the aircraft are all based about 100 miles east of there in Wickenburg Larry currently farms about 11 000 acres and is one of the largest cotton growers in Arizona he he also grows alfalfa organic vegetables and provides hay for ranchers in the Southwest What has become Larry’s forte though is making worthless land profitable The primary way he he is able able to accomplish this is is is through drip irrigation that is is installed underground this allows farmers to OCTOBER 2018