A few King Air Be90 pictures

September 28, 2011

Kingair, gliders and tow planes

As summer is approaching, we get busier and busier, hence the lack of posts on this blog lately.Towing-wise, I've been checked out on a newly designed aircraft, the MCR-180. This basically is a small and very light aircraft (450 kg / 990 lbs) powered by the classic 180 hp Lycoming...

Juni 15, 2011

King Air Be90 Operations

Time of day: 5:00 am.Location: in a cosy bed of a not so luxurious hotel.The city is still asleep when I open the window, letting in some fresh air as a means of waking up.What a great day this is going to be. 40 minutes later, a taxi is waiting down below, and we're off to the airport.It's...

Mei 11, 2011

Doing the right thing

For many years, I've been inspired by a fellow French pilot now flying in the US for the World's largest airline: Delta.He's kept on writing an online diary since 1998, and although we follow different paths, I share the same philosophy that contributes a great deal in leading to...

Maret 03, 2011

Paris by night - King Air 90

Merry Christmas everyone!The King Air 90 was standing proudly on the empty airpron tonight. The captain and I preflighted her in the cold winter wind while discussing the weather in Paris. The last few days have been quite snowy with icing conditions and they had to close a lot of...

Desember 27, 2010

Airbus A320 and King Air

The morning's ride out to the airport felt long and boring for once. I had just got back from England the previous evening with no time to unpack my stuff, and here I was already gone, in a train to Toulouse.What made it feeling long was the excitement from the fact I was going to...

Desember 08, 2010