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King Air Market Report: It Finally Adds Up

King Air Market Report: It Finally Adds Up

The King Air market makes sense again! At first, it doesn’t seem like it to those of us who live and breathe the Beechcraft King Air market daily because we have had years of conditioning that created what we consider “normal.” But when you look at it logically, the market today makes more sense than…

Register Now!  King Air Gathering The Greenbriar, May 15-18, 2024

Register Now! King Air Gathering The Greenbriar, May 15-18, 2024

This year’s King Air Gathering (KAG) promises to be better than ever, with organizers incorporating input from previous attendees. King Air Nation and co-host BLR Performance Innovation will be providing an event you won’t want to miss full of top-notch educational seminars, prominent keynote speakers, specialized breakout sessions by King Air model series, an afternoon…

Volunteering While Vacationing: Tips for finding ways to give back

Volunteering While Vacationing: Tips for finding ways to give back

The first time we volunteered at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah, the staff at the nation’s largest no-kill sanctuary for companion animals tasked me and my husband with socializing a litter of puppies that had recently been dumped. The goal was to show them some love and help get them comfortable being handled,…

Long Live  the King: Our favorite turboprop family reaches  a milestone anniversary

Long Live the King: Our favorite turboprop family reaches a milestone anniversary

Sixty years ago, on Jan. 20, 1964, Beech Aircraft Corporation pilots flew the first official flight of the conforming prototype of the Beechcraft King Air Model 90. Thousands of spectators – from employees to area residents and local and state dignitaries – watched as the aircraft took off from Beech Field on the east side…

King Air Gathering: The Greenbriar, May 15-18, 2024

King Air Gathering: The Greenbriar, May 15-18, 2024

Registration for King Air Gathering (KAG) 2024 is scheduled to open Feb. 12. Taking place at The Greenbrier, located near White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, the event will be held Wednesday, May 15 through Saturday, May 18 with a variety of speakers and educational seminars, as well as vendor exhibits and social activities. It is…

The Upper Left Corner Part I: Taking your King Air to explore Washington State’s National Park Lands

The Upper Left Corner Part I: Taking your King Air to explore Washington State’s National Park Lands

Emerald or jade. Forest or hunter. Turquoise or teal. Whatever adjective one chooses to add to “green,” there is little question you’ll find it in Washington. As a state motto, it’s never been officially adopted, but Washington has long been called “The Evergreen State” for good reason. Seattle, the state’s largest city, is similarly referred…

Who is Covered?

Who is Covered?

Many aircraft owners are entrepreneurial by nature, looking for new opportunities, ideas and efficient ways to deploy capital and maximize their return. This mindset creates new and more affordable ways to fly the open sky without having 150 strangers sitting next to you. A common avenue to making aircraft ownership more affordable is to be…

Helping Friends and Neighbors – King Air pilot among founders of Pilots for Patients

Helping Friends and Neighbors – King Air pilot among founders of Pilots for Patients

When pilots Wayne Petrus and Philip Thomas flew missions for Angel Flight South Central in the early 2000s, they noticed the tremendous need for flights originating from their home state of Louisiana. Angel Flight was doing an admiral job, but with the organization based in the Dallas metro area, many of their pilots were also…