For my Beechcraft loving buddies on POA I'm kind of in the club now. My contract pilot work has me in an Excalibur Queen Air as of this week. I got an email to fill out an insurance pilot record to see if I could be a named pilot on the plane. Within an hour of sending it to the broker I was approved by the underwriter. Just need to do a IPC check on the plane once a year.
So Tuesday I did an IPC with a CFII who has a lot of time in the Queen Air. Went back to the airport that night and got my night currency done. Then yesterday got up at 4:30am for a trip with the owner at 6:30. Made two stops to pick up 3 of his buddies and then on to KACJ where they were going quail hunting. Used my waiting time to visit the humbling Andersonville National Memorial and POW museum. Then took everybody home that night with 4 night landings. 14 ½ hour day with 7 legs.
The BE65 is a beautiful handling plane and lands easily. This one is 8,000# GTOW and carries 230 gallons of gas. I'm still a low timer in it but learning as fast as I can. Trips like this get you experience pretty fast. Not as glamorous as jets but got to admit I like the left seat better.
So Tuesday I did an IPC with a CFII who has a lot of time in the Queen Air. Went back to the airport that night and got my night currency done. Then yesterday got up at 4:30am for a trip with the owner at 6:30. Made two stops to pick up 3 of his buddies and then on to KACJ where they were going quail hunting. Used my waiting time to visit the humbling Andersonville National Memorial and POW museum. Then took everybody home that night with 4 night landings. 14 ½ hour day with 7 legs.
The BE65 is a beautiful handling plane and lands easily. This one is 8,000# GTOW and carries 230 gallons of gas. I'm still a low timer in it but learning as fast as I can. Trips like this get you experience pretty fast. Not as glamorous as jets but got to admit I like the left seat better.