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If you’re wondering, as we were, if the large R on the tail matching the signature Beechcraft B font is Ray’s doing, it’s not. Like the tail number, it came with the aircraft when he bought it in 2018. He’s not planning any unnecessary modifications since he’s already decided to upgrade, likely a newer B200 model.
Instead, he’s enjoying accumulating hours in the King Air, ranging from personal flights to business travel, flying single pilot and occasional flights with Chris Prause, who is a minority owner at The Pipe Yard and a pilot and certified flight instructor.
Work missions include industry conferences and customer meetings related to The Pipe Yard, which sells new, used and surplus steel pipe and offers remediation services to customers in the oil and gas, petrochemical and energy industries. They also fly for projects involving their ancillary business, Credo Services LLC, a pipeline integrity service company offering a variety of inspection services. This work regularly takes the King Air across Texas and in and out of Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.
Earlier this year, Ray Briers flew his 1978 Beechcraft King Air B100 to the Bahamas for the first time. With rain on departure day, he said he was happy to be flying the King Air.
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