N5078G - 1985 BEECHCRAFT QUEEN AIR 65

1985

BEECHCRAFT

QUEEN AIR 65

LF-8

N5078G

Used

IFR

1985 Excalibur Conversion Beautiful New Paint and Interior 900/900 SMOH As you know, reputation can “make or break” the success of a product in general aviation whether the reputation is good or bad, deserved or not. Hence our discussion here of the Queen Air and the conversion of the Queen Air to the very reliable Excalibur 800, Following are the differences: The Beech Queen Air was an excellent airplane but the original powerplants were not very reliable. They were either Lycoming IGSO-480 (producing 340 HP). The Queen Air’s less than stellar reputation came from the original engines not the airframe. Beech decided they had a very reliable, stable, and easy to fly airplane but needed reliable powerplants. Beech decided to put Pratt & Whitney PT-6A Turbine Engines on it and it became the worlds most popular (comfortable, reliable, safe, and easy to fly) cabin class turbine airplane. Ed Swearingen figured if good reliable piston engines could be found for the Queen Air that it too would be a great airplane. The Lycoming IO-720 engine was originally developed for the ag plane industry, which needed high horsepower, low maintenance, reliable “bulletproof” engines. The IO-360 engine has 360 cubic inches with 4 cylinders producing 200 HP. By adding 2 more cylinders you have the IO-540 with 540 cubic inches and 6 cylinders producing 300 HP. If you add 2 more cylinders you have the IO-720, 720 cubic inch, 8 cylinders producing 400 HP. All of these engines have an excellent reputation in the industry for being very reliable. From our 13 year experience and thousands of hours, these engines have proven to be almost “bulletproof”. Using them on the Excalibur Conversion has taken a very reliable, low maintenance airframe proven over the years in the King Air (even though a much more complex version of the same airframe as the Queen Air) and mated a pair of engines originally built for reliability. The problems with the original Queen Air were all engine related, such as engine fires, blowing cylinders, exhaust problems, power management, low TBO, etc. All of this went away with the Excalibur 800 Conversion. The Excalibur 800 Queen Air is the only cabin class twin with normally aspirated engines (no supercharger or turbo). There are no supercharger or turbocharger associated problems with overboosting, cylinder problems, engine fire, etc. There is also no gearbox to content with. A commercial operator has been operating a fleet of these aircraft for years. He has proven to the FAA the reliability of these engines and even convinced them to extend the TBO to 2400 hours for his 135 operation. In short, the Excalibur Queen Air is a very easy airplane to fly and manage, even for low time pilots. It has an excellent useful load, wide center of gravity, easy to manage engines (same as Cherokee 6/Saratoga series airplane), is very forgiving in takeoff and landing phase, very stable on approach, and especially stable in instrument conditions. I have taken many low time pilots flying with me that had a fresh multi-engine rating or just working on their multi-rating and the comments are always the same. They cannot believe how easy the Excalibur Queen Air is to fly. If fact, they say it is easier to fly than the Piper Seminole, Seneca I, or other similar training aircraft. We actually sold an Excalibur Queen Air to a 250 hour pilot with NO multi-engine rating. He left the airplane here, flew his Mooney home and got his multi-rating the following week, then came back and flew his Excalibur Queen Air home. Since then he has flown his Excalibur Queen Air over 400 hours in the last 2 years and loves it. In all, we have sold 30 Excalibur Queen Airs and everybody likes and enjoys them. I have flown 35 different Excalibur Queen Airs and sold 30 of them in the last 15 years. I have flown them in all kinds of weather and all over the United States, Canada, and down to St. Thomas. I fly my personal Excalibur Queen Air regularly off a 2,600 foot grass strip off the Coast of Georgia and from Gunnison, Co. with a field elevation of 7,800 feet above sea level. The Excalibur Queen Air is more docile, easier to fly, manage, and cheaper to maintain than any of the Piper Navajo or Cessna 400 Series airplanes. For these reasons, I chose the Excalibur Queen Air for my personal aircraft 13 years ago. After 34 years in the Aircraft Sales business, I believe these are the “best kept secret” in aviation. Between my partner, myself, and my two sons we have put over 1300 hours on our personal Excalibur Queen Air and would not consider trading it for any other type of airplane.

12675.0

12,675 Total Time Since New

900

SMOH

Lycoming IO-720 400 HP Direct Drive, Normally Aspirated Engines

900

SMOH

Excalibur 800 Conversion Lycoming IO-720 400 HP Direct Drive, Normally Aspirated Engines Slimline Engine Nacelles Full Enclosure Gear Doors Cleveland Wheels and Brakes Hot Windshields

King KMA 24 Audio Panel 2 King KY 196 Comms King KN 53 Nav King KNS 80 Rnav/DME/Nav King KT 76A Transponder KWX 56 3 Color Radar King KFC 200 Autopilot with Flight Director and Yaw Dampner

FULL DE-ICE EXCALIBUR SLIM LINE NACELLES 100 AMP ALTERNATORS DUAL CALIPER CLEVELAND BRAKES SHADIN FUEL COMPUTER EXECUTIVE CLUB SEATED INTERIOR DUAL RMI'S CO-PILOT INSTRUMENTS

2014

White with Blue and Red Accent Stripes

2014

8

Grey Leather with Blue Carpet