Professional Pilot, March 2018

24 PROFESSIONAL PILOT March 2018 Flying the Viking CL215 and 415 right now Theyre the best Canadair made great airplanes Got 2000 hrs of Caravan time and 800 hrs in the PC12 Both are amazing but the PC12 is truly exceptional I can fit 7 on board and fly in and out of a 1600 ft dirt strip at CZTB Thunder Bay Ontario Wish I had gotten to fly the de Havilland DHC5 or DHC6 since they were great airplanes Eric Tremblay ATP Viking CL215 415 Captain Service Aerien Gouvernemental Montmagny QC Canada Enjoy the Learjet 35 Simple straightforward great performance versatile and the feeling of a real sports car Rich Miller Comm Multi Inst Learjet 35 President AARO Ambulance Jet Service Miami FL Cessna O1 Birddog and de Havilland DHC 2 Beaver were enjoyable to fly Versatile and reliable with exceptional short field rough terrain capability And the Douglas DC9 is a solid workhorse a real pilots airplane I also think the CJ3 is about the perfect corporate aircraft for a small to medium company Its perfectly balanced for short field use with good payload range and cruise speed John Howard ATP Citation CJ3 Pilot Eagle Companies Sun City AZ Lots of favorites for me Bell AH1G Cobra King Air 200 Dassault Falcon 50 Agusta AW109C Each of those was reliable maneuverable and all were intuitive to fly Falcon 50 took me around the world at the equator and 76 times across the North Atlantic Flew the King Air Army and civilian for thousands of hours on 5 continents And the AW109C was just a beautiful and great flying helicopter Craig Randall ATP Helo CFII Bell 206 JetRanger Chairman The Rexford Penn Group Lyons OR Number 1 favorite of all time is the Citation VII Fast big easy to fly and goes high In years past Ive also enjoyed the Beechcraft Debonair Bonanza and Baron Fast comfortable and easy to fly Paul Maxwell Comm Multi Inst Citation VII Owner Pilot Barmax Memphis TN For me its a tie between the Air Cam and the RA390 Beechcraft Premier One is for traveling and the other for the pure enjoyment of flying Premier is a single pilot baby Hawker which is my 2nd favorite At ISA itll climb straight to FL410 and get on the step at 77M Its perfect for an Indianapolis to Florida shuttle with 4 pax It has a huge cargo hold so no issues with golf clubs or snow skis AirCam is just a low and slow flying Harley Picture a canoe with a high wing and twin engines in the pusher configuration and you have the AirCam Jim Jacobi ATP CFII Premier I King Air B100 Director of Ops Jacobi Aviation Services Noblesville IN Over the years Ive flown almost the whole Piper line and most of the Beechcraft line If I had to pick a favorite it would be the King Air 350 Its a real joy to fly with good performance and great flying and landing characteristics And its a very forgiving airplane to fly with one of the best safety records of corporate aircraft Danny Culler Comm Multi Inst King Air 200 Chief Pilot Eagle Carports Winston Salem NC I enjoyed the performance of the North American Sabreliner 60 Also the comfort of the Falcon 20 and the Citation for short runways Rob Little Comm Multi Inst CFII King Air B200 Av Dept Mgr DGNB Ridgeland MS