Type
Turboprop powered corporate and
utility aircraft.
General
Information
The Super King Air 350 is the further improvised Super King Air
300, the latest model in this long running and successful line of
corporate and utility transports, replaced an upgraded version of
the triumphant B-200 series, and in itself.
Design
of an improved expansion of the successful Super King Air B200 began
in August 1981, the 14-month design effort concluding in the first
flight of the modernized 300 model in October the 1982. Improvements
to the B200 were many, with the main change being the installation
of most powerful PT6A60A turboprops in place of the 42s of the earlier
model. Other changes included re profiled and more aerodynamically
clean engine cowls and exhausts and extended wing leading edges,
plus minor internal changes, also to mention both empty and max
takeoff weights were also increased.
The
350, its major improvements being a stretch fuselage lengthened
by 2ft 10in and the addition of winglets, replaced the Super King
Air 300. As the latest member of the Super King Air family, it had
its maiden flight in 1988, and has been in production since late
1989.
Over
220 Super King Air 350 have been delivered world over by now.
Capacity
Super King Air 350 has a typical passenger seating for eight in
main cabin with a flight crew of Two.
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