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with their clinical work. Big Air, an Avfuel service center at BPK, treated us like visiting royalty. The busy FBO’s Customer Service rep, Brian Daugherty, says the field regularly hosts business jets up through Hawkers, and several jets and King Airs are based on BPK. As we were departing for the afternoon rounds, a local Citation was leaving for Las Vegas. On a typical day, Dr. Crabtree can visit three or four of the outlying destinations, impossible by any other means of transportation.Heading For HomeThe day’s last stop was Little Rock’s Adams Field (KLIT), a long-established business flying center, where we parked at the former Central Flying Service FBO, now TAC Air. After finishing the final business of the day, we boarded for the 240-nm hop back to Springfield. After a full day on the road, it was great to have a fine, dependable airplane to take us home in a hurry. With fuel burned down and one passenger deplaned, the Super King Air accelerated to 100 knots for Vr like it was knew it was heading for its hangar, and the initial climb rate zoomed to 2,500 fpm. Held down to 12,000 feet by ATC constraints, Reynolds pushed the power up to 2,000 lbs. torque for a few more knots of get-home speed, nudging the groundspeed up to 275 knots.In less than an hour, we were on the approach to SGF’s runway 2, where reverse thrust wasn’t needed because our hangar was waiting at the departure end. By using the venerable Super King Air 200, the aircraft’s owners can squeeze several days of productivity out of one day away from busy practices at their home bases. Like many business aircraft owners have learned, time is precious; the less of it you spend commuting between stops, th•e more you can grow your business.The big King Air 200 may be approaching middle age, but it can still deliver a good day’s work. T&T-APRIL 2016David Clark Full Page 4/C AdRocky Mountain Propellers Inc. Sixth Page4/C AdTWIN & TURBINE • 11