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King Air 350 Landing at the Des Moines Airport

Video of a Beechcraft King Air 350 landing at the Des Moines International Airport (DSM). Included in the video are up close views of the cockpit with views of both the pilot and copilot sub panels, the fuel panel, and the throttle quadrant. The BE350 is a pressurized cabin class twin turboprop. It can land at 95 % of US airports and can carry 8 to 11 passengers and up to 550 pounds of luggage in its large cargo area. It cruises at 360 mph, has a 1,800 mile range, and It’s max service ceiling is 35,000 ft. It can be flown single pilot if the pilot has a single pilot 350 type or as a crew. The 350 is a joy to fly and a heavy lifter for its size. This is one airplane that you can fill all the seats and top the fuel tanks with weight to spare. The basic operating weight of this aircraft is 9,580 lbs, max fuel is 3,611 lbs and Max ramp weight is 15,100 lbs. That leaves an available payload of 1,909 lbs.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Instrument Panel Cockpit

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four engine bomber with a crew of 10 that the Army Air force flew during the Second World War. Used primarily during the European air war, the B-17 could carry up to 8,000 lbs of bombs and with a reduced bomb load had a maximum range of 2,000 miles. Its four Wright R-1820-97 Cyclone turbo supercharged radial engines produced 1,200 horsepower each. Its max speed is 287 mph and it has a service ceiling of 35,600 ft. Named the flying fortress it was heavily armed with 13 .50 cal M2 machine guns. The top instrument panel is from N390TH “liberty Belle” a B-17G which was lost on June 13,2011 just outside Aurora Illinois. “Liberty Belle had just departed Aurora when a fire broke out in the number 2 engine. Unable to extinguish the fire the crew made a forced landing in a farmer’s field and the ensuing fire destroyed the aircraft. Fortunately, all aboard made it out safely and no one was injured. The second instrument panel is from N3509G a B-17G named “Miss Angela”. The Palm Springs Air Museum is home for “Miss Angela”. Both aircraft are g models which have the twin .50 cal. chin turrets built into the lower nose. Boeing built over 8,600 B-17G’s and only twelve of these are still flyable.

Dassault Falcon 50 Instrument Panel

The falcon 50 is a 3 engine long range corporate jet built by the French company Dassault. The falcon 50 can carry 8 to 9 passengers comfortably and has an enclosed lavatory and a galley.  It’s powered by three Garrett TFE731-3-1C engines capable of 3,700 lbs of thrust each. It has a maximum speed of Mach 0.86, cruises at 475 kts and has a range of 3,500 nm. This aircraft has been retrofitted with a Universal Electronic Flight Instrument (EFI) 890 Primary Flight Display (PFD) and Navigation Display (ND) system.

Cessna Citation VII Cockpit

The instrument panel of a Cessna Citation VII. Cessna built 119 of the VII’s which were based on the popular Citation III business jet. It’s powered by two Garrett TFE731-4R engines that can produce 4,080 lbs of thrust each. it has a range of 2,000 nm and can cruise at Mach .85 and has a service ceiling of 51,000 ft.

Cessna Citation VII Instrument Panel

citation vii instrument panel

The Cessna Citation VII, the last of the Citation 650’s, is an upgraded Citation III powered by two Garrett TFE731-4r-2s turbofan engines capable of producing 4,080 lbs of thrust. It has a maximum cruise speed of 480 knots, a range of 2,000 nm and a 51,000 ft service ceiling. The VII was Cessna’s corporate jet that it marketed against the Lear Jet lineup of high speed private jets. The 7 is capable of .85 Mach or 85% the speed of sound. Cessna surpassed this when they built the Citation X which is capable of mach .92. A total of 119 VII’s were built.

king Air 350 Instrument Panel

The Beechcraft Super King Air 350 is a large twin engine turboprop capable of comfortably carrying 8 to 12 passengers. Two Pratt and Whitney PT6A-60A 1,050 shp turbo prop engines  give this popular corporate aircraft has the ability to operate out of short runways with heavy loads and fly 1700 nm at 310 kts. The panel is from an early serial number aircraft with analog flight instruments and a Garmin 500 installed. For more info, specs and limitations on the KA 350.

Cessna Citation II landing Naples Florida


A Cessna Citation 550 charter jet crosses the beach at Naples Florida for a landing on runway 23 at APF. Landing view from the cockpit. The Naples Florida airport is just off the beach and landing on a clear day offers a great view of the beach area. Naples is not served by scheduled airline service, so the only flights in and out are general aviation flights or corporate jets.

Cessna Citation Encore Night Cockpit Primus 1000

A Cessna Citation Encore, CE-560 private jet instrument panel during a recent night flight. The Encore has a 3 tube Honeywell Primus 1000  integrated avionics system, RDU’s for radio frequency tuning and a Megitt standby attitude indicator for emergency use. The EFIS and MFD indications show this aircraft is flying north at an altitude of 34,000 ft at a true airspeed of 433 knots and is on a direct course to Rochester Minnesota.