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Guess what y'all!?

Big Sky gave me a job!
I get to go to Billings Montana on the 21st to start training to be the co-pilot of this:
it is a Beech 1900D, and here is more than you ever wanted to know about it:
General characteristics:
Crew: 1 (2 in U.S. airline operations)
Capacity: 19 passengers + 2 crew
Length: 57 ft 10 in (17.63 m)
Wingspan: 58 ft 0 in (17.67 m)
Height: 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Wing area: ft² (m²)
Empty weight: 10,650 lb (4,831 kg)
Useful load: lb (kg)
Max takeoff weight: 17,120 lb (7,668 kg)
Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67D turboprops, 1,279 shaft horsepower, (1,353 equivalent shaft horsepower, including thrust from jet exhaust), 3,950 foot-pounds Torque (955 kW) each
Fuel Capacity: 4,484 pounds

Performance:
Never exceed speed: 248 knots indicated
Maximum speed: 248 knots indicated
Cruise speed: 260 knots (True Airspeed) (300 mph, 480 km/h)
Stall speed: 84 knots (Indicated Airspeed) (97 mph, 156 km/h)
Range: 1,498 nm (1,724 mi, 2,776 km)
Service ceiling: 25,000 ft (maximum certificated altitude) (7,600 m)
Rate of climb: ~2000ft/min (~10m/s)
Maximum operating speed: Vmo = 248 knots Indicated Airspeed (285 mph, 459 km/h) to 13,200 ft (4,020 m), Mmo = Mach 0.48 to 25,000' (7,600 m).

I do ground training for 3-3.5 weeks in Billings, sim training for 7-10 days in Denver, and flight training and initial operating experience back in Billings. Once that is all finished, I get to go to Boston and fly the line!

Between now and the 21st, I will be super busy getting everything ready, but I should be home from late on the 11th to the morning of the 15th, so come by and see me one last time before I am gone forever.