T-44

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Make: Beechcraft
Aircraft Model: T-44
Aircraft Nickname: Pegasus
Aircraft Mil Civ Description: Airplane ME Turboprop
Category: Airplane
Class: Multi Engine Land
Engine Description: Twin Engine

First Flown Information
Sequence First Flown: 0
Date First Flown: 04/29/1981
Location First Flown: NAS Corpus Christi, Texas
Who and/or What Organization First Flown With: VT-29, LT Callahan

Aircraft Experience
As of: 05/09/2020
Number of Hours Flown: 113
Number of Times Flown: 58
Other Aircraft Models Associated: C-90, B-200, B-300, U-21, C-12

Recollections:

–One could argue that I shouldn’t break out the King Airs from each other in my airplane count. From a “are they similar?” perspective, I agree….”a King Air is a King Air is a….” I say that having flown several models, including the Beech Starship that, while not strictly a King Air…reminded me so much of one that it was easy to forget you weren’t in a King Air.
–But, I split them up (into 6 models…the U-21, the T-44, the 90, 200, 300 and C-12), because each model represents a different part of my flying career. I will say I could’ve gone overboard and counted the “A” model, the “B” model, etc..and the “350”, etc. So, I showed SOME level of control.
–The FIRST King Air I ever flew was the T-44, in Advanced Navy flight training. I got my wings in it. The King Air is an amazing plane and the T-44 served it’s mission well. But, I didn’t have a “Passion” for the airplane. Creating this record, I had to lookup the nickname….”Pegasus”…I’m pretty sure I NEVER called it that. While a sturdy and capable workhorse it–at least for me–did not inspire the use of a nickname.