1st POG Aviation Rally

[truk4u]

OK Mr. W, your now behind the power curve. There were no funny tails at the 1st POG Aviation Rally.

Commander Joliet Whiskey preflight for launch from 47A, 5/20/06

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Arrival of the politically correct tail configuration

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Departure at warp 3

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POG 1 rotating (take-off for Lew) home after a great rally.

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No worries for POG 1 dodging TRW ++, turbulance, screaming winds at FL 10, 290 @ 60K, IFR, ICE and mixing it up with the MD-80's. The doctor killers were tied down on the ramps doing the v-tail wiggle.

PS - You can see I now figured out how to post pics, what a pain in the ass.

[Just Plain Jeff]

No Bling, No Go!

[truk4u]

The bling is there, but can only be seen by pilots!:o Sorry, I can't tell you more oh great Milwaukee tool person.:p

[Just Plain Jeff]

http://www.bete-fleming.com/images/chromeSB.jpg


At least some guys use Chrome Socket Sets on the altimeter/horizon/speed and propwash elevator aileron dealies.

Don't they?

[Jerry Winchester]

Ken, don't you want to weigh in on this?

From the encyclopedia;

The Beechcraft Bonanza is one of the most important civil aircraft in aviation history. Introduced in 1947 by The Beech Aircraft Corporation, as of 2006 it is still being produced by the Beechcraft Division of Raytheon Aircraft.

Designed by a team led by Ralph Harmon, the original model 35 Bonanza was the first truly modern high-performance personal airplane: a very fast, all-metal, low-wing monoplane at a time when most light aircraft were still made of wood and fabric. The model 35 featured retractable landing gear and its signature V-tail, which made it both highly efficient and the most distinctive private airplane in the sky. The prototype 35 Bonanza made its first flight on December 22, 1945, with the first production airplanes debuting as 1947 models.

At the end of World War II two all-metal aircraft emerged, the 35 Bonanza and the Cessna 195, that represented very different approaches to the premium-end of the postwar civil aviation market. With its high wing, seven cylinder radial engine and fixed undercarriage, the Cessna 195 was little more than a continuation of prewar technology; the 35 Bonanza, however, was more like the great fighters developed during the war. Featuring a more powerful and easier to manage horizontally-opposed six cylinder engine, a rakishly streamlined shape, retractable undercarriage and low-wing configuration, the Bonanza captured the public's imagination, as well as the premium light plane market. The Cessna was unable to compete with the more advanced Bonanza.

[Jon Wehrenberg]

Absent from the above glowing article, probably written in the 50's, is the fact that Beech recognized the error of their ways and after farting around with reinforcements for a while, finally gave up and started to make their planes almost like they were supposed to in the first place, with three pieces in the tail.

I imagine the next change will be to move the wings where they belong so the long suffering pilots and passengers can enter the plane in the rain without getting a wet seat, can have a view of the ground, can have a cabin that is shaded from the hot sun, etc.

[rfoster]

JERRY, JON -Shouldn't this plane stuff be addressed to Lew?

[rfoster]

Tom:
Good Job on the pics- I couldn't agree with you -more what a PITA- but I sure have enjoyed them. Makes the other site bah humbug.
Roger That