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Well, this isn't quite as cool as Jason's CJ3 story, but I logged my first 1.1 hours of Multi time - in a King Air 200!
A friend of mine flies King Air 200's and Lear 35's out of Sugar Land, and he got permission to bring me along on the occasional Part 91 leg. So yesterday, he invited me to come with him to drive to Kerrville, TX (about 4 hrs away) to pick up the plane he had dropped off there on Thursday. So we drove out there, preflighted, welcomed the pax, and he took off with me running the checklists and the radios. Once established in the climb, he handed it over to me and I got to fly most of the way back. He took it over again in the descent to dodge some cloud buildups and find some smooth air, then stayed on the controls throughout the landing.
All I can say is that I'm glad he was flying for the takeoff and climb, because I was so far behind that airplane it wasn't even funny! We were climbing through 3500' and my head was still back on the runway! I just kept thinking, wow, there's a lot to do in a twin, and it happens really fast in a King Air! It was a similar feeling to when I flew Ric's 310 from HOU - La Porte, about a 15nm flight! Lots of stuff in a short time...
Anyway, this was a great experience, and it's the first time that I flew a twin that I can put in my logbook.
I know that , but unfortunately I forgot to bring my camera. My friend said that there will be other opportunities, so I'll try to snap some pics then.
A friend of mine flies King Air 200's and Lear 35's out of Sugar Land, and he got permission to bring me along on the occasional Part 91 leg. So yesterday, he invited me to come with him to drive to Kerrville, TX (about 4 hrs away) to pick up the plane he had dropped off there on Thursday. So we drove out there, preflighted, welcomed the pax, and he took off with me running the checklists and the radios. Once established in the climb, he handed it over to me and I got to fly most of the way back. He took it over again in the descent to dodge some cloud buildups and find some smooth air, then stayed on the controls throughout the landing.
All I can say is that I'm glad he was flying for the takeoff and climb, because I was so far behind that airplane it wasn't even funny! We were climbing through 3500' and my head was still back on the runway! I just kept thinking, wow, there's a lot to do in a twin, and it happens really fast in a King Air! It was a similar feeling to when I flew Ric's 310 from HOU - La Porte, about a 15nm flight! Lots of stuff in a short time...
Anyway, this was a great experience, and it's the first time that I flew a twin that I can put in my logbook.
I know that , but unfortunately I forgot to bring my camera. My friend said that there will be other opportunities, so I'll try to snap some pics then.