Maintenance and Modifications
Smyrna Delivers First GE H80-powered King Air
(l to r) Neal Ropp, director of maintenance at Smyrna Air Center; Greg Ryan, sales director for GE Aviation; Bob Fields, CEO of Smyrna Air Center; Curt Drumm, owner of Lakeshore Aviation; Brenda Fields, COO of Smyrna Air Center; and Dan Sigl, director of Power90 business development, at the delivery of the first King Air C90 powered by the GE H80.
(l to r) Neal Ropp, director of maintenance at Smyrna Air Center; Greg Ryan, sales director for GE Aviation; Bob Fields, CEO of Smyrna Air Center; Curt Drumm, owner of Lakeshore Aviation; Brenda Fields, COO of Smyrna Air Center; and Dan Sigl, director of Power90 business development, at the delivery of the first King Air C90 powered by the GE H80.

Smyrna Air Center, of Rutherford County Airport in Smyrna, Tenn., has delivered the world’s first King Air C90 powered by General Electric’s new H80 800-shp engines. The 1974 King Air C90 (LJ-627) was fitted with two new engines, two new Avia V510 five-blade quiet propellers, dual Garmin G600 MFD/PFD/AHRS, ADS-B compliant Garmin GTX-330ES mode-S transponder, Garmin GWX-70 color radar, Garmin 530W GPS and a GDL-69 satellite weather downlink. Already installed were Raisbeck wing lockers and Raisbeck dual aft body strakes.