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I've had this a few weeks, but hadn't taken the time to share and publicly thank V-tail for his invaluable assistance in my nearly year-long search for the right airplane. It's a 1971 V35B, aka Beechcraft Bonanza. I don't know why I wanted one, but have admired and lusted after one for almost 50 years. I'm not getting any younger, and this will almost certainly be my last airplane. This was bought with my heart; not my head. It is in amazingly good condition for a 51 year old airplane; I'm the third owner and the person I bought it from, an AP/IA, owned it for 25 years before reluctantly agreeing to sell it to me. He completely restored the interior and windows, put a brand new engine & prop on it 500 hours ago, but it has original paint and a 15-20 year old panel. I'll paint it to suit me, and after I fly it some will decide what avionics to keep and what needs an update. It carries 120 gallons of gas, and has a 1,410# useful load. It's reasonably fast for a single, and is supremely comfortable to fly in. Nothing fly's like a Beechcraft. V-tail: thank you for answering my never ending list of questions and sage advice about these old birds.    | ||
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Very nice, congrats. New plane day, just might beat New car day & New bike day. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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That's a beautiful airplane, congratulations on acquiring it! And you sure have beautiful country there to fly over.  No car is as much fun to drive, as any motorcycle is to ride. | |||
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Way to go! Not for me though. The last time I was in a plane was when I returned from a 13 month visit to Southeast Asia in 1968. ------------------------------------------------ "It's hard to imagine a more stupid or dangerous way of making decisions, than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong." Thomas Sowell | |||
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Super cool, congratulations. I like the V shape tail section, that seem unique. JC | |||
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| Slayer of Agapanthus |
If I lived in Montana I would ask for a ride. "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye". The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author, lost on mission, July 1944, Med Theatre. | |||
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Thank you! As I said, not getting any younger. and am going to fulfill a lifetime dream of flying my own airplane to UK and Ireland to see some old, dear friends... and take them for ride. Maybe next summer, after I learn what I've *really* bought, and begin to trust it. aileron in montana | |||
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| Flying Sergeant |
Congrats on your dream purchase. Very nice! Enjoy it, I look forward to hearing about your trip overseas next year. | |||
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Political Cynic |
awesome looking plane enjoy every minute of it | |||
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Now in Florida |
Congrats! Always been intrigued by the V-tail Bonanzas. I'm taking my PPL checkride pretty soon and already started my instrument rating and have just started looking at looking at planes to possibly buy one. | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
Very nice! Same engine as I had in mine, and two notable improvements re convenience and comfort:
I know that you're an experienced Baron pilot, but the Bonanza is a unique airplane even though its design is an ancestor to the Baron. See if you can find an instructor in your area who has taught in the ABS (American Bonanza Society) BPPP (Bonanza Pilot Proficiency Program) and buy a few hours of his / her time to pick up some tips that will help with smooth and easy operation. If you can't find one in your area, come on down to Our Little Airport. I can make room for you in the hangar, we could do some simulator work and as much flying as you'd like, and spend some time at the gun club range if you're up for that. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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Spiritually Imperfect |
One hundred and twenty gallons of 100LL. Outstanding. Should be able to get you through all the hops needed to cross the pond. Enjoy every minute flying your V Tail! | |||
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| Scientific Beer Geek |
Congratulations and best of luck! Very cool! Mike __________________________ "Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants to see us happy." - Benjamin Franklin | |||
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| Needs a check up from the neck up  |
That looks fantastic! __________________________ The entire reason for the Second Amendment is not for hunting, it’s not for target shooting … it’s there so that you and I can protect our homes and our children and and our families and our lives. And it’s also there as fundamental check on government tyranny. Sen Ted Cruz | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
Beautiful! Congratulations! "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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Great looking plane! Train how you intend to Fight Remember - Training is not sparring. Sparring is not fighting. Fighting is not combat. | |||
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That’s a great looking plane. I even like the current paint scheme. Congrats! Just for my own knowledge what are the benefits or even faults of the V tail. | |||
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| Ammoholic |
Beautiful airplane and an awesome traveling machine. Piper, Cessna, and Mooney build good airplanes too, but there is something about a Beech… | |||
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Age Quod Agis |
Nice airplane! Congratulations. I'm envious. "I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation." Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II. | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
Very nice plane and very nice of V-Tail to share his time and knowledge. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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