Kevin Crozier
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Kevin Crozier
Last weekend I was heading to Phoenix, Sedona, and Page, Arizona to do some air to air photography.
Now that we are living in Texas we have discovered that EVERYTHING is air conditioned. Well, in my case not quite everything, as the Bonanza doesn't have AC. Not being able to spare the downtime and the cash for the built in AC, I rang up Bob Stephens at B-Kool and asked if he had a system that would work for me and help make Texas summer flying tolerable. He said "Absolutely!" and he would have a system waiting for me when I arrived in Sedona.
Sure enough when I arrived at SEZ on Thursday, Bob personally greeted me with my new AC unit, explained how it worked, how to get the most runtime from the ice, where to put in the airplane to get the best efficiency. After completing our photo flights on Thursday evening and Friday morning, Bob was there to see us off to Page, AZ for the next flights. While Thursday had been relatively cool in Arizona, by Friday things were beginning to warm up, so Bob took me over to his hangar and filled my B-Kool with ice for our short flight to KPGA.
And then it happened, I got in the cockpit, turned on the master, turned on the B-Kool and a very powerful stream of COLD air flooded the cabin. I started the engine and we were on our way in cool comfort for the entire somewhat bumpy flight to KPGA. By Saturday it was really starting to warm up. We completed our photo flights in Page and it was off Phoenix (KPHX) to drop off passengers. Arriving in PHX the sign on Cutter's ramp announced the OAT was 100F, I knew at this point I would put the B-Kool to the test. After my passengers were on their way to their commercial flights, Cutter provided me with 2 bags of ice to fill up my B-Kool. Again I closed up the airplane and flipped the switches. Within seconds, I was cool and comfortable listening to the PHX ATIS, getting a clearance and taxing out to the runway. The B-Kool worked flawlessly through my departure and while PHX departure held me down low to clear the bravo. Finally, as I was able to climb through 9000 I clicked the B-Kool off because I was getting COLD. Three hours later I began my descent back in to the warm, humid air of central Texas and clicked the B-Kool back on. Much to my surprise it still blew cold and kept me comfortable all the way through descent, landing and taxi. After landing, I actually didn't want to get out of the airplane, knowing that hot, humid air was out there. Eventually I did, and as I transferred gear from the plane to the car, I dumped the contents of the B-Kool out. Much to my surprise there was still ice in the B-Kool. It would have kept me cool even longer!
I can't say enough great things about my B-Kool, I know my family will appreciate it this summer as we head out on our vacation trips. The man behind B-Kool, Bob Stephens, is the real deal as well. He goes out of his way to make is customers happy and ensure they are satisfied.
If you want to B-Kool this summer, then you need to get yourself a B-Kool!
Kevin
Now that we are living in Texas we have discovered that EVERYTHING is air conditioned. Well, in my case not quite everything, as the Bonanza doesn't have AC. Not being able to spare the downtime and the cash for the built in AC, I rang up Bob Stephens at B-Kool and asked if he had a system that would work for me and help make Texas summer flying tolerable. He said "Absolutely!" and he would have a system waiting for me when I arrived in Sedona.
Sure enough when I arrived at SEZ on Thursday, Bob personally greeted me with my new AC unit, explained how it worked, how to get the most runtime from the ice, where to put in the airplane to get the best efficiency. After completing our photo flights on Thursday evening and Friday morning, Bob was there to see us off to Page, AZ for the next flights. While Thursday had been relatively cool in Arizona, by Friday things were beginning to warm up, so Bob took me over to his hangar and filled my B-Kool with ice for our short flight to KPGA.
And then it happened, I got in the cockpit, turned on the master, turned on the B-Kool and a very powerful stream of COLD air flooded the cabin. I started the engine and we were on our way in cool comfort for the entire somewhat bumpy flight to KPGA. By Saturday it was really starting to warm up. We completed our photo flights in Page and it was off Phoenix (KPHX) to drop off passengers. Arriving in PHX the sign on Cutter's ramp announced the OAT was 100F, I knew at this point I would put the B-Kool to the test. After my passengers were on their way to their commercial flights, Cutter provided me with 2 bags of ice to fill up my B-Kool. Again I closed up the airplane and flipped the switches. Within seconds, I was cool and comfortable listening to the PHX ATIS, getting a clearance and taxing out to the runway. The B-Kool worked flawlessly through my departure and while PHX departure held me down low to clear the bravo. Finally, as I was able to climb through 9000 I clicked the B-Kool off because I was getting COLD. Three hours later I began my descent back in to the warm, humid air of central Texas and clicked the B-Kool back on. Much to my surprise it still blew cold and kept me comfortable all the way through descent, landing and taxi. After landing, I actually didn't want to get out of the airplane, knowing that hot, humid air was out there. Eventually I did, and as I transferred gear from the plane to the car, I dumped the contents of the B-Kool out. Much to my surprise there was still ice in the B-Kool. It would have kept me cool even longer!
I can't say enough great things about my B-Kool, I know my family will appreciate it this summer as we head out on our vacation trips. The man behind B-Kool, Bob Stephens, is the real deal as well. He goes out of his way to make is customers happy and ensure they are satisfied.
If you want to B-Kool this summer, then you need to get yourself a B-Kool!
Kevin
