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In 1999, he bought his first airplane, a twin-piston Piper PA-23 Aztec, which he replaced in 2006 with a Cessna 421.
“I loved the 421, but it has those geared engines and it was a complex airplane to fly with one pilot,” Ray said. “I’d heard a lot of good things about the turbines and how stable they are, so I bought the B100 in 2018 as my intro King Air. I’ve loved it, and I’ll buy another one.”
‘A Great Introduction’
Looking back on the past six years of flying the B100, Ray admitted he’s not sure why he bought the airplane.
“It’s been such a great airplane for us, though, that I’m glad we did,” he said. “The B100 really has been a great introduction to being in a turbine aircraft.”
He was in the market for a King Air B200 when he came across N519RR in east Texas and couldn’t pass up the good buy.
“The initial cost of the B100 was so much less than the B200, so we went and looked at it,” Ray said. “The cabin was the same as the B200 and this airplane had the -10 engines. We get 250-260 knots regularly with those -10s, up to 280-320 with a tailwind.”
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