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Nextant Aerospace Unveils King Air G90XT Cockpit Mockup at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014

Update: Check out this video of the  unveiling: // Post by KingAirNation. Nextant Aerospace unveiled the cockpit mockup of their remanufactured King Air G90XT at the GE Aviation booth at EAA on Monday. Attendees at the unveiling were the first to

From Orphan to Belle of the Ball

Cutter Aviation has been in business since 1928 as an FBO. They’ve seen a lot and done a lot, but for awhile they were scratching their heads over what to do with the N48AZ, a 1971 KingAir C90. She was abandoned by her owner at the Phoenix Sky Harbor

Pro Star Aviation Receives EASA Certification for King Air AVIATOR 200 STC

Pro Star Aviation recently announced they have received EASA certification for their AVIATOR 200 STC – the installation of a Cobham SATCOM AVIATOR 200 SwiftBroadband System with WiFi into King Air models: B200, 300 and 350 series aircraft. The approv

Nextant Aerospace to Unveil G90XT Cockpit Mock-Up at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014 

Nextant Aerospace, makers of the forthcoming G90XT turboprop, officially announced its participation in this year’s EAA AirVenture. The show will take place at the Wittmann Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin from from July 28th to August 3rd. Thi

Textron Aviation to Display King Air 350i, C90GTX at EAA AirVenture 2014

Textron Aviation will make its EAA AirVenture debut, featuring the full breadth of its Beechcraft product lines. This year’s show will take place July 28th through August 3rd in Oshkosh, Wis. Products on display Beechcraft King Air 350i Beechcraft K

Mexican Navy Receives the First of Four Beechcraft King Air 350ER

Today at the Farnborough International Air-show, Beechcraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., announced the delivery of the first of four Beechcraft King Air 350ER aircraft ordered by the Mexican Navy Secretaría de Marina (SEMAR). I

King Air Pilots Help Cessna Transport Special Olympians to the 2014 Games

For the first time in its 27-year history, the Citation Special Olympics Airlift (CSOA) included some King Air 350i aircraft in its fleet. The CSOA has traditionally been open only to owners of Cessna Citation aircraft, but whether it is due to Cessn

Nebraska Chooses King Air C90GTx for New State Aircraft

Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman recently took his initial flight on Nebraska’s brand-new official state aircraft, a Beechcraft KingAir C90GTx. Just off the assembly line, the new aircraft took the governor to appear at grand opening events for a Brok

King Air B200 Flies Critical Care Medical Flights

EagleMed LLC has recently added a medically configured King Air B200 to its new medical transport operation in the Houston, Texas, area.  The company flies critical care medical flights throughout south Texas and also plans to fly internationally int

Olive Beech, Crafting the Future of the King Air

By the time the King Air rolled off the assembly line on September 9, 1964, Olive Ann Beech had been holding the reins of the company she and her husband Walter had co-founded in 1932, for nearly 15 years.  Due to his untimely death in 1950, Olive st

Instagram and Aviation? Greteman Group Says Yes

It was June of 2012 when we started using Instagram, an online and mobile photo and video-sharing app and social network, for KingAirNation but it was a little over a year ago that we introduced our Instagram Hashtag Photo Contests.  They were a grea

Raisbeck Engineering Honors Top Dealers

The Commercial Products and Sales team of Commuter Air Technology (CAT) was recently recognized as one of the top five dealers nationwide of Raisbeck Engineering products for 2013. Founded in 1973, Raisbeck Engineering is a supplier of enhanced perfo