BeechTalk - BT

Username Protected · **Posted:** 19 Mar 2009, 12:31

Username Protected wrote:

Alejandro,

I just have to comment on your airport's id: KSQL. I started working for Oracle in 1988 before they moved their headquarters to the approach end of runway 12 there. Most people think Larry Ellison had the airport ID changed to commemorate the Structured Query Language which he "invented" (by which, I mean in the same way Al Gore invented the internet). Actually, though, this is a total coincidence and the airport was previously identified as SQL.

Don

hahahah - yes that is a crazy coincidence indeed. We love our SQL landing pad.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 19 Mar 2009, 14:54

Username Protected wrote:

Jeff,

That has to be one of the last V35Bs to come off the assembly line. What year is it?

Don

Not Jeff here...but...N375T was not one of the latest V35B's, it is a 1971 model, Ser. # 9259, a thousand + were made after this one. I believe the last was Ser. # 10,403, 1982 model. ???

Username Protected · **Posted:** 19 Mar 2009, 17:16

Username Protected wrote:

Alejandro,

I just have to comment on your airport's id: KSQL. I started working for Oracle in 1988 before they moved their headquarters to the approach end of runway 12 there. Most people think Larry Ellison had the airport ID changed to commemorate the Structured Query Language which he "invented" (by which, I mean in the same way Al Gore invented the internet). Actually, though, this is a total coincidence and the airport was previously identified as SQL.

Don

Except that Larry Ellison had virtually nothing to do with the creation of SEQUEL (changed to SQL because Hawker-Siddely held the name as a trademark), and Al Gore actually was very involved with the National Science Foundation and the creation of what is now called the "Internet".

Username Protected · **Posted:** 19 Mar 2009, 17:23

I thought CERN in Switzerland created the internet...

On second thought... now I remember - I created the internet - yes, that's right. :geek:

Username Protected · **Posted:** 19 Mar 2009, 17:55

Username Protected wrote:

Al gore creator of the internet ? What a joke,

The internet comes from Arpanet, the http browsing surfing was invented in Europe.

Al gore ? You gotta be kidding me

Nope. Not kidding you, Yves. And, ARPAnet was only a piece. The ARPAnet (government and private research), SPAN (Space Physics Analysis Network), and Usenet (international universities and other educational institutions, majority funded through NSF) were the origination of the "Internet" 30-some-odd years ago. HTTP and browsing, indeed invented in Europe, didn't become important until about 10 years ago. NSF was a major player in the formation of the Internet, and Al Gore was the primary advocate in Congress.

But, this discussion is way off topic.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 22 Mar 2009, 17:25

Hello Beechtalk
Super site here. A good friend who owns a Travelair on the same airpot introduced me to the site so i joined right away.

Being very blessed to have grown up on a private airstrip, at 13 my father taught me to fly in our j3 cub and earning my private at 17 in 1990.

My fathers best friend owned v35a and shared many memorable flights through the years and i knew early on that Bonanzas were fine aircraft and that inspired me to set a goal to own a bonanza.

Since 2002 i have been blessed to own a beautifull red and polished aluminum 1950 b35 with now just over 2000 tt. it is a real delight to fly, living in north Iowa my wife and i have enjoyed trips to Texas, Colorado,Florida also ABS conventions and many short trips around the midwest.

Like the saying is for the Rolls Royce the same can be said about the Beech Bonanza
the quality and craftsmanship will reamain long after the price is forgotten.

George Greiman
Garner, IA