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So, the amount of maintenance that is required is less. There are still hourly maintenance items, and I’m sure the maintenance requirements will be different for different owners who operate their airplanes more or fewer hours in a given year. But, overall maintenance should be less for an owner in a 360 compared to any other type King Air, and that is significant.
I think Beechcraft did a great job of upgrading to the 360. There’s no radical departure from what anyone would expect in a King Air, but there are obvious refinements and improvements. Autothrottles, a higher differential pressure, upgraded avionics, and a better experience for the back- seaters make the King Air 360 a worthy investment for the owner who wants the latest and greatest safety improve- ments and passenger comfort. I love the King Air line-up of airplanes, and the 360 is the best King Air ever to roll off the factory floor in Wichita. If you are looking for the best King Air, take a 360-degree view of the market, and you’ll end up with the King Air 360.
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Joe Casey is an FAA-DPE and an ATP, CFI, CFII (A/H), MEI, CFIG, CFIH, as well as a retired U.S. Army UH60 stan- dardization instruc-tor/examiner. An active instructor in the PA46 and King Air markets, he has accumulated 14,300-plus hours of flight time, with more than 5,200 dual-given as a flight instructor. Contact Joe at joe@flycasey.com or 903.721.9549.
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