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cut their water usage nearly in half A big part of his business
now is developing distressed property that has been purchased by investors His life-long experience of farming has given him the gift of knowing what to plant as as well as as how to enrich the soil That along with the irrigation allows the land to become profitable Made for the mission Larry owned a a a Cessna 421 when Pat started flying for him but he was ready for something else When the two discussed aircraft options Larry mentioned that he had always dreamed of owning a a a a King Air Pat told him that first they had to define the the airplane’s mission and then the right aircraft would present itself The mission was to access all of the farms usually less than 1 000 miles away and and be able to land on various surfaces which Pat said dictated a a a turboprop They looked into the Piper Cheyenne and Cessna Conquest but the Beechcraft King Air became the obvious choice especially since it uses phase inspections and they would fly less than 200 hours per year N16WG’s interior had just been updated right before it was purchased by Larry Hancock (courtesy Corrigan Air Center)
Once they had decided on a a King King Air Pat contacted King King Air expert Tom Clements He wanted to get a a a feel of what to expect flying the airplane “He has been there to answer any question I have had about the King Air and also gave me me Dean Benedict’s name
for maintenance questions it had just received a a a a a a a a a a a new the airline I consider both Tom and Dean my mentors ” Pat expressed interior and paint to Wickenburg for Larry and Pat to look over After a pre-buy inspection by Dean they made a a a a a deal Pat took his training through the King Air Academy also located in Arizona and says it was high quality and very similar to the standard he was used to at Bill Woods at Western Wings in in Oregon helped find the right King Air A A 1985 model F90 (N16WG) became available and looked like it it would fit LKH’s needs Bill flew it from Corrigan Air Center in Texas where OCTOBER 2018
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