Beech King Air 200

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Make: Beechcraft
Aircraft Model: Model 200
Aircraft Nickname: King Air
Aircraft Mil Civ Description: Airplane ME Turboprop
Category: Airplane
Class: Multi Engine Land
Engine Description: Twin Engine

First Flown Information
Sequence First Flown:
Date First Flown: 08/31/1999
Location First Flown: NAS Patuxent River, MD
Who and/or What Organization First Flown With: Instrument proficiency with Dan Wells

Aircraft Experience
As of: 07/29/2020
Number of Hours Flown: 47
Number of Times Flown: 29
Other Aircraft Models Associated: C-12 Huron, B200GT, BE-200, Beech 250

Recollections:

–The 200 is probably my favorite of the King Air line. Bigger than the 90 but not too big.
–The Military operates the 200 as the “C-12 Huron” (another nickname I didn’t know about!)
–I flew it just a few times in the Navy, as it was introduced to the school replacing the U-21. Most of my flying in a 200 was after I retired from Navy…on a single certification project, flown with a company called AEROTEC, flying a 200 that was modified with a number of aerodynamic modifications, including Winglets, a new prop, a new inlet and other tweaks. This was all rolled up into the “Ultimate Performance Package” (UPP) that, I believe, was eventually sold to Beechcraft for inclusion on their production line.