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St. Vincent Healthcare Purchases Beechcraft King Air 250C

Textron Aviation Special Missions was awarded a contract by St. Vincent Healthcare of Billings, Montana, for one cargo door-equipped Beechcraft King Air 250C aircraft. The Beechcraft King Air 250C will be configured for the air am

Pratt & Whitney Achieves Milestone with 50,000th Engine

Pratt & Whitney, a division of Raytheon Technologies Corp., announced this month the 50,000th PT6 turboprop engine has rolled off the production line achieving an exceptional milestone in General Aviation. With the new PT6 E-Series™ engine

Garmin Announces G1000 NXi Integration with Blackhawks Engine+ Upgrade

Garmin announced this month that the G1000® NXi flight deck is now available for integration with the Blackhawk Aerospace XP67A Engine+ Upgrade for the King Air 300 and King Air 350, adding a significant benefit to those looking to maximize these ai

The King Air 260 Takes Flight

Textron Aviation announced this week the launch of the Beechcraft King Air 260 turboprop. Assembly production for the King Air 260 is already underway, and certification and deliveries are expected in earl

L3 Harris Contracted to Modify Three Canadian King Air 350ER Aircraft

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has been awarded a firm-fixed price contract to missionize three new King Air 350ER aircraft for the Canadian manned airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (CMAISR) project. The aircraft will be delive

FlightSafety Now Offers King Air 360 Pilot Training in Tampa

FlightSafety Textron Aviation Training now offers King Air 360 pilot training at the Tampa Learning Center, and courses for maintenance technicians who support the aircraft at the Wichita Maintenance Learning Center.“We are pleased to serve as the ex

King Air 360/360ER Achieves FAA Type Certification

Textron Aviation announced it has achieved Type Certification by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its newest flagship twin turboprop Beechcraft King Air 360/360ER aircraft, paving the way for customer deliveries to commence in the c

Wheels Up Orange King Air 350i Revealed in Honor of Feeding America’s Hunger Action Month

This week Wheels Up unveiled its first-ever orange Beechcraft King Air 350i aircraft in partnership with Textron Aviation in honor of Feeding America’s Hunger Action Month this September. The Orange Plane is part of the ongoing Wheels Up Ca

EMARSS-V Prototype Delivered to U.S. Army

The U.S. Army took delivery of the Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System – Vehicle and Dismount Exploitation Radar prototype on June 30 at the Sierra Nevada Corporation Hagerstown, Maryland facility.The U.S. Army Contracting

Textron Delivers Special Missions King Air 350ER to Victoria Police

 Textron Aviation delivered a Beechcraft King Air 350ER aircraft to Australian aviation service company Skytraders, which will operate and maintain the aircraft on behalf of Victoria Police.  The aircraft has entered service.The Beechc

Blackhawk Receives FAA Approval For XP67A Engine+ and G1000 NXi Compatibility

Blackhawk Aerospace announced this week the FAA’s approval for the integration of the Garmin G1000 NXi with the XP67A Engine+ Upgrade for King Air 300 series aircraft. This Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) allows engine parameters from the Bl

The King Air 360 Is Here

Today, August 4th 2020, Textron Aviation announced the new evolution of the King Air 300 series with the King Air 360. The announcement took place via a livestream on Beechcraft’s YouTube and Facebook channels. The presentation began with Rob Scholl,