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A Date That Will Live In Infamy

admin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:25:58 +0000

I hope to visit Pearl Harbor some day, and pay my respects to those American soldiers and sailors that were attacked when we weren’t even at war with the Japanese. But would be the next day following the attack. A day for us all to stop and think about what happened that day.

2000th Beechcraft King Air C90 rollout

admin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:20:49 +0000

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admin — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:49:43 +0000

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Advantages of Chartering a King Air 350 Turboprop Aircraft

admin — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:23:10 +0000

The model of Beechcraft King Air 350 grew out of the the original 200 model design and was introduced into flight service in 1981 originally as the 300. To make improvements on the already wonderfully designed line of King Air planes the 300 got an update in 2005 making it the 350. This is the current model still in production and is one of the most popular turbo prop aircraft ever.

Two Pratt and Whitney PT6A-60A engines propel the 350, coming from the PT6 engine group, one of the most successful and reliable ever created. This family of engines has been part of the King Air group from the beginning. Thirteen passengers can fit into the plane but it generally will be carrying eight or nine, and it can take those people almost 2000 miles. Also the improvements to the 350 include an iPod dock, a high definition video monitor, overall lower cabin noise and cabin lighting controlled by the passengers.

One of the biggest advantages of chartering a turbo prop aircraft is the versatility it allows versus other aircraft types including jets. A turbo prop offers the best of both worlds in speed and range, while not requiring as much runway distance for takeoff and landing. As a result, turbo prop aircraft such as the King Air 350 can use many more airports that are not available to jet aircraft. This allows passengers to use airports closer to their ultimate departure and destination locations, thus saving transportation time at either end of their trip. These airports tend to be less busy than those with commercial airline service, further reducing travel times.

The charter process involves searching for charter operators in your local area. In any medium to large metropolitan area there are inevitably several King Air 350 charter operators to choose from. Typical charter prices range from $1,400 to $3,000 per hour. These rates do not include fuel, taxes, ramp fees, or other surcharges. This aircraft can be utilized by many different groups or individuals effectively. Such uses include corporate applications and private individuals for personal or business use. The aircraft’s range makes it ideal for all but the longest trips.

In summary, chartering a King Air 350 aircraft allows passengers to achieve a time savings and travel flexibility virtually unrivaled with any other private aircraft. It is one of the safest, most economical aircraft in it’s class, and anyone in the market for charter travel would be wise to take a close look at the 350.

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Power 90 engine upgrade

admin — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 20:40:48 +0000

This is a small video of the Power90 from Smyrna Air Center.

The Power90 Upgrade replaces stock Pratt and Whitney PT-6 engines with dependable GE M601E-11A turboprop engines and your choice of a four-bladed or five-bladed propeller.

The test aircraft has an incredible paint scheme too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEb_2klL3Bs Smyrna Air – Video

Raisbeck Performance Systems now flying on half of all King Airs

admin — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:38:04 +0000

Raisbeck Engineering, designer and manufacturer of the world’s leading aircraft improvements for four decades, is celebrating a major milestone with the 3,000th Beechcraft King Air to be equipped with Raisbeck Performance Systems.

Hawker Pacific, headquartered in Sydney, Australia, installed the systems this past January. There is at least one Raisbeck System on 50 percent of the 6,000 King Airs in operation. This King Air B200C is BL166 has had an EPIC PLATINUM™ package installed. The package included Hartzell/Raisbeck Power Props, Ram Air Recovery System, Enhanced Performance Leading Edges, Dual Aft Body Strakes, High Floatation Gear Doors and Crown Wing Lockers.

The aircraft is owned and operated by the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, and is the 31st RFDS King Air to have Raisbeck’s Performance Systems installed. Hawker Pacific will complete two more RFDS King Air B200C’s, BL167 and BL168 with their Raisbeck Epic Platinum installations by the end of June.

“Hawker Pacific has been a partner of Raisbeck Engineering for 19 years and it is the one of the best products we can offer to our King Air customers. The Royal Flying Doctor Service relies on their King Airs to save lives and Raisbeck products ensure that mission. We are very proud to be a part of the major milestone of the 3,000th King Air to fly with Raisbeck systems, and even more happy that it was on a medical mission King Air for Australia,” said Alan Smith, CEO of Hawker Pacific.

This major milestone is the culmination of a number of Raisbeck innovations:

1982 – Introduction of Raisbeck Performance Systems for the King Air 200 Series
1985 – FAA Certification of Hartzell/Raisbeck Quiet Turbofan Power Props (increased performance, reduced noise)
1986 – FAA Certification of Raisbeck Performance Systems and Gross Weight Increase for the King Air 90 Series
1987 – First installation of Raisbeck Wing Lockers (external storage of baggage and cargo)
1990 – EPIC PLATINUM Aircraft Flight Manual Supplement certified – FAA Certification of Raisbeck’s EPIC PLATINUM Performance Systems for the King Air 200 Series
1996 – Bombardier adds Raisbeck Aft Fuselage Locker to the Learjet 31 production line as standard equipment
2001 – Raisbeck Dual Aft Body Strakes become standard equipment on the Beechcraft King Air 350 production line.
2004 – Raisbeck Wing Lockers are added as standard equipment on King Air 350 production line
2004 – Raisbeck ZR LITE System for Learjets received FAA Certification
2006 – Raisbeck ZR LITE System for Learjets received EASA Certification
2011 – Raisbeck Ram Air Recovery System installed as standard equipment on every King Air 250 during production

RFDS King Air based in South Eastern Section

(Click photo to open higher resolution photo.)

“In the three decades since we introduced our products to the King Air market, the economics and productivity of our systems have demonstrated such impressive results that they continue to advance within the fleet,” said James Raisbeck, CEO of Raisbeck Engineering. “People who fly with Raisbeck realize that it makes their great airplane better. These systems have demonstrated for years that they save on fuel, increase cruise speeds, and open up thousands of airports that operators couldn’t even consider using before installing.

“Moreover, Raisbeck Systems have been offered as standard or optional equipment on new King Airs coming off the HBC production line since 2001. Even the world’s military services are starting to standardize on our products for Special Missions aircraft. The fact that there’s never been an Airworthiness Directive on Raisbeck systems, certainly contributes to the decision to upgrade.”

Today the Hawker Beechcraft Company offers all Raisbeck EPIC Performance Packages and individual systems as factory options for all models in production. The Ram Air Recovery System is standard equipment on the new King Air 250. Dual Aft Body Strakes and Wing Lockers are standard equipment on all King Air 350s. Integrators such as L3 have made the High Flotation Gear Doors standard equipment on all King Air 350ER Special Missions aircraft for the world’s air forces.

Collins Pro Line 21

admin — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 14:30:30 +0000

Collins Pro Line 21

KEY OWNER/USER BENEFITS
•Improves situational awareness
•Enhances information management
•Increases growth margins
•Improves system reliability
•Enhances display readability
•Improves maintainability
•Improves human machine interface
•Significantly reduces cost of ownership

OVERVIEW
Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 is a family of advanced avionics system solutions designed to address a wide range of missions. It applies the latest in flight deck design and human factors concepts, sensors and system architecture technologies to provide the robust capabilities needed to address current and future operating requirements.

Pro Line 21 is designed with virtually all classes of aircraft in mind – from light turboprops to widebody jets. It allows unprecedented flexibility in flight deck configuration and flight display formatting, providing pilots with the flight critical information they need in ways that reduce overall workload while promoting instant, intuitive awareness and control.

Flexible system architecture enables new levels of hardware and software independence, allowing Pro Line 21 to be quickly customized to accommodate upgrades and new capabilities as operating requirements evolve.

DESCRIPTION
Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 provides greater value to the customer and meets the requirements of the evolving operating environment by leveraging recent technological advancements. The Pro Line 21 generation of avionics systems was developed with operational capability, flexibility and growth as the most important requirements.

Flight Deck
A major emphasis of Pro Line 21 is the design of the flight deck. The investment of technology and system integration expertise has been made to provide major advancements in three key areas: •Human Machine Interface (HMI)
•Information Management
•Situational Awareness

The integration of new emerging capabilities with other functions in the flight deck has required the application of increased levels of human factors technology. This involves more than the ergonomics of control placement and the shape and feel of knobs; it requires a deep understanding of how to help the crew react instinctively to the information provided, even under high-stress situations.

The use of large Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Displays (AMLCDs) allows Pro Line 21 to convey more information and provide unprecedented flexibility in format design. The benefit to the operator is a logical, uncluttered, informative display. Today’s AMLCD technology enables Rockwell Collins to bring to market such advanced features as 3-D flight plan map representations and industry-leading Integrated Flight Information System which includes geographical boundaries / water feature depictions, electronic charting and real-time data link weather graphics. With Pro Line 21, these capabilities bring new levels of situational awareness and a more efficient HMI to the flight crew. Intuitive operation is a notable characteristic of the Pro Line 21 flight deck.

Pro Line 21 provides a flexible user interface that can be tailored to the needs of individual flight decks. The goal is to provide the needed information, when it is needed. Pro Line 21 shows the information in the most effective location with a simple, natural method for the crew to interact with and manage the information. Pro Line 21′s Head-up Guidance System* (HGS) keeps the focus of the pilot forward to increase situational awareness. Pro Line 21 is designed with a focus on simplicity of operation, reduced workload and superior ability to convey the desired information.

Architecture
The system architecture is a significant contributor to the value of Pro Line 21. As the foundation of the system, it is designed on the principles of integrity, growth, flexibility and an open architecture.

Pro Line 21 achieves new levels in system integrity through a combination of redundancy, segregation, exceptional monitoring and high standards for components and design implementation. The result is a high-integrity, fault-tolerant system.

The technology of Pro Line 21 involves hardware and software independence. Future changes in functional requirements can be implemented in software and loaded onto the hardware, without redesign. Likewise, processor upgrades or obsolete components can be accommodated without impact to the existing software functionality. Pro Line 21 supports growth through field-loadable software, enabling changes to be loaded onto the aircraft without removal of the LRU/LRMs. The results: faster and lower-cost availability of future features and capabilities without the need for major system redesign or installation of new equipment

The Pro Line 21 system architecture is very flexible and can be configured in a variety of ways to fit a particular mission. For example, a system for a light aircraft may have as few as two or three Adaptive Flight Displays (AFDs), while a long-range heavy jet may opt for five AFDs. Through this flexibility, the best cost versus capability trade-off can be achieved for a given set of mission requirements. The system architecture supports a high degree of interface flexibility through standard ARINC 429 interfaces that enable various types of equipment from various manufacturers to be interfaced with Pro Line 21.

TYPICAL SYSTEM
Pro Line 21 can be configured to the requirements of nearly any aircraft, from twin-engine turboprop aircraft through widebody jets, depending on aircraft requirements. System configuration is aircraft specific. Typical systems consist of the following elements:

•Integrated Avionics Processing System (IAPS)
•Electronic Flight Information System (EFIS)
•Engine Indication and Crew Alerting System (EICAS)
•Integrated Flight Information System (IFIS, consisting of electronic charts, enhanced maps, and graphical weather)
•Flight Control System (FCS)
•Flight Management System (FMS)
•Maintenance Diagnostics System (MDS)
•Communication System (VHF, HF, Satcom)
•Navigation System (GPS, VOR, MKR, ILS, DME, ADF)
•Geophysical Sensors (Air Data, AHRS)
•Surveillance Sensors (TCAS, Weather Radar, Interface to TAWS)
•Various Controls for System Elements
Please contact Rockwell Collins to discuss specific requirements.

PRO LINE 21 APPLICATIONS
•Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China ARJ21
•Bell-Agusta BA609
•Bombardier Learjet 60XR
•Bombardier Challenger 300
•Bombardier Challenger 605
•Cessna Citation CJ1+/CJ2+
•Cessna Citation CJ3
•Cessna Citation Encore+
•Cessna Citation XLS+
•Cessna Citation CJ4
•Gulfstream G150
•Hawker Beechcraft C90Gti/B200GT/350
•Hawker Beechcraft Premier IA/II
•Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 450XP
•Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 800XP/850XP/750/900XP
•Piaggio Avanti II
•Xian Aircraft Company MA-600

Hartzell

admin — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 14:29:07 +0000

http://www.hartzellprop.com/index.php

PT6A-135A

admin — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 14:26:12 +0000

PT6A-135A

The PT6A turboprop engine is a powerhouse that offers unmatched performance, reliability and value in its class of 500 – 2,000 shaft horsepower for a wide range of applications. From transporting people in business and airline aviation, to dropping cargo in the Antarctic darkness at 75 degrees below zero and supporting environmental efforts in reforestation programs, the dependability and versatility of the PT6A family continues to earn the highest respect from pilots worldwide.

http://www.pwc.ca/en/engines/pt6a-135a