Guys,I don't know BUT I plan on asking Him ALL this questions when I talk to him next time.Gary

Does anyone remember the incident with N777AJ? It was formerly N777AG and was owned by the assembly of God. They retained the tail number when it was sold, the new owners on their the Assembly of God's suggestion just changed the "G" for a "J". Similar happening, same aircraft type; much closer to tragedy. The crew depressurized the aircraft before they had verified their oxygen supply and lost consciousness; came to at lower altitude but there was major structural damage to the aircraft. Been a while since it was posted here in Hangar chat but I think almost half the horizontal stabilizer sheared off.Looks like this guy did it right in worst circumstances, N777AJ never flew again after a windshield crack in better weather.Donald

Guys,I don't know BUT I plan on asking Him ALL this questions when I talk to him next time.Gary

Does anyone remember the incident with N777AJ? It was formerly N777AG and was owned by the assembly of God. They retained the tail number when it was sold, the new owners on their the Assembly of God's suggestion just changed the "G" for a "J". Similar happening, same aircraft type; much closer to tragedy. The crew depressurized the aircraft before they had verified their oxygen supply and lost consciousness; came to at lower altitude but there was major structural damage to the aircraft. Been a while since it was posted here in Hangar chat but I think almost half the horizontal stabilizer sheared off.Looks like this guy did it right in worst circumstances, N777AJ never flew again after a windshield crack in better weather.Donald

For those that would like to see more on this incident

Windshield failures occur pretty often - windshields are layered and you'll see one layer break - on some aircraft you have to troubleshoot to figure out which layer is broken to determine the final action (i.e. keep windshield heat on or off) once everything is stablized. But it is rare to have a total windshield failure where all the layers have failed and you're looking at outside air with nothing between you and the elements.Depending on the avionics installed - most King Airs there is only one flight director installed on the Left side - the right side only is a set of instruments. Plus all of your engine starting/generator and engine-anti-icing controls are on the left side of the left control wheel - inaccessable to a pilot sitting in the right seat.

We have one here off our 200 that busted over North Dakota. The KA is notorious for the windows delaminating due to being installed too close to one side of the metal frame.