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Beechcraft C90GT  By J. Mac McClellan / Published: May 16, 2006
Beechcraft King Air C90GT  The logical question many ask about
the C90GT is, why not buy a jet? The Cessna Citation Mustang is
priced about the same, or maybe a little less, than the King
Air, and is expected to have a top cruise speed almost 70 knots
faster and a ceiling 11,000 feet higher. The answer for many
owner-pilots is that the King Air's attraction is that it is not
a jet.  The new light jets will have a cruise speed advantage on
the C90GT, but it will be measured in just a few minutes over
trips of several hundred miles. And if the little jets are held
down low below their optimum altitudes-as is likely in congested
parts of the country-the turboprop will save money at the fuel
pump.  The King Air 90 family has an excellent safety record
while being flown by owner-pilots. It is a logical step up from
a piston twin wit