Sunday, March 03, 2013

Beechcraft Super King Air 350, N110EC: Tennessee Gov. Haslam goes slumming in a turboprop

Saturday, March 2 2013,  10:08:am 

The media was atwitter yesterday regarding the State of Tennessee's purchase of a $4 million new (used) airplane for the governor. The Beechcraft King Air 350 Turboprop is no slouch for a propeller plane, but it's no match for Haslam's former trans-continental/trans-Atlantic ride:

State of Tennessee
Beechcraft King Air 350
Max ceiling: 35,000 ft.
Speed: 360 mph
Range: 1847 miles
Cabin height: 4' 9"
Price (used): $4 million
Pilot Corporation*
Dassault Mystere Falcon 50EX
Max ceiling: 49,000 ft.
Speed: 568 mph
Range: 4000 miles @ mach .8
Cabin height: 5' 11"
Price (used): $7.5 million
 

So humiliating. They'll be snickering behind his back at the country club.

(*Source: FAA registration records)

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