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Rockwell Collins expands Pro Line Fusion® upgrade to include Pro Line II-equipped King Air 350 aircraft

Intuitive, icon-based, touchscreen primary flight displays—exclusively available from Rockwell Collins—provide easy, eyes-forward operationFeatures larger primary flight displays and higher resolution synthetic vision than any other King Air 350 glas

The Instagram Hashtag Project Is Back! Last Week’s Spotlight: #KANbirdseye

Last week, we ran the #KANbirdseye hashtag project on Instagram. We received some great pictures from everyone, and here are some of our favorites: via @kkarolinap @astephens1110 @jeffhettling @akash791 @mbrantolson [divider] Join us on Instagram eac

First FAA Certificate Issued To a Danish MRO Facility Since 2008

Scandinavian Aircraft Technologies (ScanTech) has been certified by The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as the first MRO in Denmark since August 2008. It was six years ago when FAA was legally prohibited from issuing new foreign repair station

King Air: A Flexible Business Aircraft

The King Air is the longest-lived business jet prop airplane flying today, having been in continuous production since 1964. The flexibility and modifiability of the aircraft is one of the reasons for its success. The manufacturer, Beechcraft, and thi

King Air, the Longest-Lived High Efficiency and Low Maintenance Cost Business Aircraft Line

The King Air line of business aircraft has been in continuous production through gradual upgrades since 1964. The first proof of concept model was the model 87, a modified Beachcraft Queen Air. The development of the aircraft proceeded

Beechcraft Delivers T-6C+ trainers, King Air 350ER to Mexican Navy

Beechcraft Corporation today announced it has delivered two Beechcraft T-6C+ military trainers ordered earlier this year to the Mexican Navy Secretaría de Marina (SEMAR), as well as one King Air 350ER, the second of four on order, as part of the Mexi

King Air Flying “Eclipses” the Eclipse

A King Air flying across the skies of England had the opportunity to strut its stuff in comparison to the Total Eclipse. Corporate jet writer Alud Davies had the opportunity to stack the two aircraft up against each other while covering a story

ProAdvantage Now Available for Beechcraft King Air Turboprops

Textron Aviation continues to identify best practices between Beechcraft Corporation and Cessna Aircraft Company since the integration of both companies began in March. As a result of that initiative, Beechcraft Corporation announced today at the Lat

Textron Aviation Remains Bullish On Latin American Market

For the past few years, the market for business aviation in Latin America has been one of the largest in the world for both Beechcraft Corporation and Cessna Aircraft Company. Now that both companies have come together under the banner of Textron Avi

Customs and Border Patrol in the Market for King Air Surveillance Aircrafts

The U.S. Government recently issued a Request for Information (RFI) regarding Multi-role Enforcement Aircraft (MEA) which could mean an order for up to 40 new surveillance aircraft for Textron. While the RFI is only a beginning to a large process of

BendixKing Announces AeroVue Integrated Flight Deck for King Air at EAA AirVenture 2014

UPDATE: Check out our private demo of the AeroVue avionics system: BendixKing, a division of Honeywell, announced the launch of AeroVue™, a complete cockpit retrofit solution for King Air.  The Integrated Flight Deck (IFD) is inspired and engineered

Nextant Aerospace Selects Parker Wheels and Brakes for King Air G90XT Program

Parker Aerospace’s Aircraft Wheel & Brake Division was selected earlier this month by Nextant Aerospace based in Cleveland, Ohio, to provide its STC-approved wheel and brake conversion kit for the Nextant Aerospace King Air G90XT Remanufactured Turbo