OT - For the Pilots at RL
#16
It was a general aviation accident. It was our Company plane (Cessna 206 with floats). We were coming in for a landing on water, cleared by the tower, weather looked good. At about 70 knots we hit a microburst that lifted the left side such that the right wing tip caught the water. Cartwheels, etc..... came to a rest upside down in water and covered in fuel. Wing damage resulted in stuck doors. Three people uninjured. Person next me was killed. I was busted up and nearly drowned. Many complications due to Av-gas in my lungs. I'm all back together thanks to a good surgeon, a bunch of stainless steel hardware, and a cadaver bone. I am lucky and grateful and am about 95% back to where I was prior.
I hope I don't take this thread off track. Apologies to the OP.
I hope I don't take this thread off track. Apologies to the OP.
#19
When I got my private license more than 20 years ago my grandmother gave me the accident report from my grandfathers death. He was a passenger in a bonanza flying in the Canadian Rockies. Pilot only had 900 hours and did the 'ol vfr into imc in mountainous terrain. British Columbia is beautiful but has some very high and remote terrain. After 14000 hours of flying I still think about the lesson learned from his death.
I'm on the hunt for a hangar and then an Stinson 108-3. Gotta fly something low and slow. Although my maddog is a real flying plane I miss grass strips and hangar talk.
Sorry about your beautiful Bonanza. BlueTtop, glad to hear you are OK from your accident.
Time to go for a drive in the German Mistress! Gotta buy pumpkins to carve tonight!!! Hmm, wonder if I could make a Porsche pumpkin?
I'm on the hunt for a hangar and then an Stinson 108-3. Gotta fly something low and slow. Although my maddog is a real flying plane I miss grass strips and hangar talk.
Sorry about your beautiful Bonanza. BlueTtop, glad to hear you are OK from your accident.
Time to go for a drive in the German Mistress! Gotta buy pumpkins to carve tonight!!! Hmm, wonder if I could make a Porsche pumpkin?
#21
#23
It was a general aviation accident. It was our Company plane (Cessna 206 with floats). We were coming in for a landing on water, cleared by the tower, weather looked good. At about 70 knots we hit a microburst that lifted the left side such that the right wing tip caught the water. Cartwheels, etc..... came to a rest upside down in water and covered in fuel. Wing damage resulted in stuck doors. Three people uninjured. Person next me was killed. I was busted up and nearly drowned. Many complications due to Av-gas in my lungs. I'm all back together thanks to a good surgeon, a bunch of stainless steel hardware, and a cadaver bone. I am lucky and grateful and am about 95% back to where I was prior.
I hope I don't take this thread off track. Apologies to the OP.
I hope I don't take this thread off track. Apologies to the OP.
If you have to fly single engine, the way to go is Beech, IMO. I will take this sentimental post to (for once) agree with Quadcammer - William Boeing and Walter Beech build tough airplanes.
#24
Hey Mike,
That is a pretty A36, I know you must miss it a lot, and tho you don't own it now seeing it wrecked is bad. I had Bonanzas and B55 and E55 Barons.....the Barons are almost identical to Bonanzas except bigger tails and 2 engines, but still that perfect control feel. I suppose Bonanza = 993, Baron = 996TT.
Bill
That is a pretty A36, I know you must miss it a lot, and tho you don't own it now seeing it wrecked is bad. I had Bonanzas and B55 and E55 Barons.....the Barons are almost identical to Bonanzas except bigger tails and 2 engines, but still that perfect control feel. I suppose Bonanza = 993, Baron = 996TT.
Bill
#26
Hey Mike,
That is a pretty A36, I know you must miss it a lot, and tho you don't own it now seeing it wrecked is bad. I had Bonanzas and B55 and E55 Barons.....the Barons are almost identical to Bonanzas except bigger tails and 2 engines, but still that perfect control feel. I suppose Bonanza = 993, Baron = 996TT.
Bill
That is a pretty A36, I know you must miss it a lot, and tho you don't own it now seeing it wrecked is bad. I had Bonanzas and B55 and E55 Barons.....the Barons are almost identical to Bonanzas except bigger tails and 2 engines, but still that perfect control feel. I suppose Bonanza = 993, Baron = 996TT.
Bill
#27
So what is the B58? The 993 TTS? I worked for a flying club/FBO in the early '90s that had 30 airplanes. We had a few late 60's V tail Bonanzas and a '89 A36. We also had a nice B58 Baron. It was a POS when I first started but after a new paint job and interior it was a real nice plane.
#28
Low and Slow
Never a good thing to loose such a beautiful Bird.
I fly a WWII Aeronca L3 - tail dragger that always keeps me honest.
She is not fast - 80 knts top speed , stall at 35 knts and always needs constant
flying down to shut down. For those pilots who are not tail drager certified - would highly recommend getting such certification.
I own a 1995 993 cab with manual transmission because I enjoy the organics of shifting and the sound of the flat six air knocker - much like my Aeronca L3. Hand propping is also very organic!
I fly a WWII Aeronca L3 - tail dragger that always keeps me honest.
She is not fast - 80 knts top speed , stall at 35 knts and always needs constant
flying down to shut down. For those pilots who are not tail drager certified - would highly recommend getting such certification.
I own a 1995 993 cab with manual transmission because I enjoy the organics of shifting and the sound of the flat six air knocker - much like my Aeronca L3. Hand propping is also very organic!
#29
The B58 is a long fuselage Baron - same fuselage as the A36. But you know that already.
The single engine version of Bill's 55 Barons would be the F33A - the short fuselage Bonanza. IMO, the best looking Bonanza ever made - and that from a former V35B owner too. Just gotta watch that loading envelope on the F33A and V35B - it's about t-h-i-s wide and can be quite a handful to fly aft of CG. Scared me a couple of times.
The long fuselage Bonanza solved this problem, hence the A36.
Sorry about the boring Beechcraft trivia.
The single engine version of Bill's 55 Barons would be the F33A - the short fuselage Bonanza. IMO, the best looking Bonanza ever made - and that from a former V35B owner too. Just gotta watch that loading envelope on the F33A and V35B - it's about t-h-i-s wide and can be quite a handful to fly aft of CG. Scared me a couple of times.
The long fuselage Bonanza solved this problem, hence the A36.
Sorry about the boring Beechcraft trivia.
#30
Mike Cap mentioned Walter Beech...He founded the company but sadly, died early on. It was his wife, Olive Anne, who kept the company alive and growing. I had the pleasure of meeting her on a couple of occasions...a very classy and extremely intelligent lady....One of the true pioneers of the aviation industry like Clyde Cessna. Sports, Bonanzas, Barons, Dukes, Queen and King Airs...brings back fond memories. I left before Raytheon took over. Back then, the airframe industry in Wichita was one great big fraternity. Seems everyone knew everyone...even if you worked for a competing company, you were still friendly to one another.