And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Beechcraft Bonanza, AKA Bananas, AKA the doctor killer. Only people with doctor level incomes could afford them. But they never had time to fly them. So they got into them after ten years of not flying, and subtract one doctor from the doctor list.
My Dr. dad had the engine throw a rod at maybe 4000 feet. He couldn’t see out the windshield because of the oil so he found a field through the side glass and did a pretty great job on the landing with the exception of the fence he caught the nose wheel on. The plane stayed topside up but did a plow job before stopping. He broke his nose on the instrument panel, spent three days in the hospital and came home. They discovered he’d been bleeding and rushed him to surgery where they—this close!—managed to save him.
I asked him just a couple of years before he died (aircraft unrelated) what he was thinking when he heard the engine blow up and he very calmly said, “well, if you’ve got the altitude, it’s not a big problem”.
All of the doctors I knew in his friend group actually flew a lot. I was under the impression it got its that name was they were just tricky to fly.
My first ever time in an airplane, when I was 8 years old, was in the Beechcraft Bonanza. Flew out of Grand Rapids, MI, out over Lake Michigan, and back. Was quite the thrill for an 8 year old.
I built a 36" wingspan balsa kit (Guillow's?) of the Beechcraft Bonanza more then 50 years ago. It hung from the ceiling in our bedroom and my little brother shot paperclips through the wings. He paid dearly for that infraction.
My uncle had the strait tail version. I got checked out on it. Fast forward a couple of years I got to fly a V - tail. After that ride I swore I would never go up in a v-tail again.
Rigging the flight controls on the V tails was nightmare. I worked at a Beechcraft dealership as an A&P and we had to get the factory on the phone during a total re-rig one time. Many owners would install an after marker yaw dampener kit. I will say that it is a very well built plane.
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ReplyDeleteBeechcraft Bonanza, AKA Bananas, AKA the doctor killer. Only people with doctor level incomes could afford them. But they never had time to fly them. So they got into them after ten years of not flying, and subtract one doctor from the doctor list.
ReplyDeleteYup. Forked Tail Doctor Killer.
DeleteNope, the Doctors were Bonanza Killers....You got it backwards
DeleteMy Dr. dad had the engine throw a rod at maybe 4000 feet. He couldn’t see out the windshield because of the oil so he found a field through the side glass and did a pretty great job on the landing with the exception of the fence he caught the nose wheel on. The plane stayed topside up but did a plow job before stopping. He broke his nose on the instrument panel, spent three days in the hospital and came home. They discovered he’d been bleeding and rushed him to surgery where they—this close!—managed to save him.
DeleteI asked him just a couple of years before he died (aircraft unrelated) what he was thinking when he heard the engine blow up and he very calmly said, “well, if you’ve got the altitude, it’s not a big problem”.
All of the doctors I knew in his friend group actually flew a lot. I was under the impression it got its that name was they were just tricky to fly.
My first ever time in an airplane, when I was 8 years old, was in the Beechcraft Bonanza. Flew out of Grand Rapids, MI, out over Lake Michigan, and back. Was quite the thrill for an 8 year old.
ReplyDeleteI built a 36" wingspan balsa kit (Guillow's?) of the Beechcraft Bonanza more then 50 years ago. It hung from the ceiling in our bedroom and my little brother shot paperclips through the wings. He paid dearly for that infraction.
ReplyDeleteThe straight tail versions were nicer to fly, especially in a crosswind....the V's were distinctive, though....
ReplyDeleteJim Reeves died in a crash of the straight tail version called the debonair
DeleteMy uncle had the strait tail version. I got checked out on it. Fast forward a couple of years I got to fly a V - tail. After that ride I swore I would never go up in a v-tail again.
ReplyDeleteRigging the flight controls on the V tails was nightmare. I worked at a Beechcraft dealership as an A&P and we had to get the factory on the phone during a total re-rig one time. Many owners would install an after marker yaw dampener kit. I will say that it is a very well built plane.
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