B1900D Questions
09-28-2009 | 08:31 PM
#41
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Here's why I think this is a "Pilot's Airplane"
Below 10,000 feet you will outfly every aircraft there is (you're 2 knots short of 250, or 3 in the C model), you have gobs of power, simple systems and the ability to be at barber pole 1/2 mile from the runway and still land on the "refrigerator bars". Many a times descending into FAI with us 30 north and Alaska 30 south of the field we would beat them in by more than 5 minutes.
Below 10,000 feet you will outfly every aircraft there is (you're 2 knots short of 250, or 3 in the C model), you have gobs of power, simple systems and the ability to be at barber pole 1/2 mile from the runway and still land on the "refrigerator bars". Many a times descending into FAI with us 30 north and Alaska 30 south of the field we would beat them in by more than 5 minutes.
10-05-2009 | 04:46 PM
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I enjoyed the 1900 and miss it a lot. Had op to fly both C and D models. I always thought the C model was easier to land in x-winds, but i definitely enjoyed the extra SHP on the D model. Would love to fly it again! I flew one 1900 with a sub-par A/P and the interconnect (don't quote me) always froze and the A/P always disconnected, so we rarely used it.
10-05-2009 | 04:52 PM
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[QUOTE=Herb Flemmming;685900]Anyone know whatever became of that aft spar AD?
If you are talking about the D model, I believe it was all taken care of about 3 years ago. At Skyway we had all of ours in and out in a day or two after the AD came out. Hope I answered your question. I think they were just looking for cracks in the spar, if I remember correctly some 1900s had some severe cracks.
If you are talking about the D model, I believe it was all taken care of about 3 years ago. At Skyway we had all of ours in and out in a day or two after the AD came out. Hope I answered your question. I think they were just looking for cracks in the spar, if I remember correctly some 1900s had some severe cracks.
10-06-2009 | 10:34 AM
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The Aft Spar AD still requires an inspection every 200 hours and pictures to be taken of the area prone to cracking. As far as I know the are still working on a revising the AD so the time between inspections is greater.
10-28-2009 | 05:55 PM
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From: Student Pilot
Hey, thanks for the info! Left the King Air job about three years ago. Autopilot was terrible on that thing. I chose to hand fly. Was the best flying aircraft I've ever had the chance of putting my hands on. I still used to wish the AP functioned reliably on those longer legs. Especially when I was single pilot and digging out charts.
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