which system was installed in the King Air 200 and B200?
Elliott Aviation has installed the first Garmin G1000 integrated avionics glass cockpit suite in a Beechcraft King Air B200. After a successful test flight on April 6, the aircraft entered Elliott’s completion center at Quad Cities International Airport for installation of a new interior and a fresh paint job. The Moline, Illinois-based company is currently installing the system in a second B200, and a third aircraft is expected to arrive shortly for another installation. Here at EBACE (Booth No. 1098), Elliott is featuring a G1000 demonstrator panel for the twin turboprop. In March, Garmin earned supplemental type certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration for the G1000 in the King Air B200/200. It is currently pursuing certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the upgrade, which also includes the manufacturer’s synthetic-vision technology (SVT) option. The SVT offers a three-dimensional depiction of terrain, obstacles and traffic on the aircra
This King Air B200 was sourced in Nigeria as a plane that needed serious attention and purchased with the idea of undertaking a complete ‘makeover.’ It would then be sold as a ‘better than new’ plane. After the deal was completed, the plane was flown to Lanseria International Airport where National Airways Corporation (NAC) was awarded the ‘lion’s share’ of the ‘makeover’ process. Although the process was a distinct ‘learning curve’ as far as the re-build process was concerned, the plane is now complete and is to be utilised by its owners for transport into Africa for business purposes. The decision to source further King Air 200s in desperate need of upgrading will result in the sale of this particular plane in order to raise the funds for further projects of this nature. African Pilot followed this project from inception six months ago and now with the plane complete we can expose the complicated process that was involved. The King Air went through several processes during its ‘makeo
