OK, so it's not Sarah Palin trying to sell a state plane on eBay, but these tough economic times are prompting the state of Florida to sell off this 1985 Beechcraft King Air 300 twin-engine plane through a closed-bid sale. Estimated resale value: $1.94 million. ...more

October 17, 2008

A new high-tech variant of the King Air family of twin-engine turboprop business aircraft was unveiled this morning and Sunday at the 2008 National Business Aviation Association annual meeting and convention in Orlando. ...more

October 6, 2008

TAMPA - A pilot's poor decisions and a mechanical malfunction led a plane to crash while making an emergency landing at Peter O. Knight airport two years ago, according to the National Transportation Safety Board's final report on the crash, which was released this week. On June 12, 2006, a Mediterranean fruit-fly eradication flight crashed through a fence, trees and a vehicle and, finally, into a house. ...more

July 1, 2008