Thought I would take a moment to post an introduction. I have been lurking for the past several months, and I really appreciate the wealth of information available on th Beechtalk.

Although I earned my private certificate eight years ago, I am still a low time pilot with about two hundred hours. I live in a aircraft rental poor market, so I have had an ownership for the last seven years. My initial training was in C172's, and my first plane ownership was a '53 Tri-Pacer. I loved that plane for the classic simplisity. Too bad hail damaged the fabic covering. I moved into a partnership with a Super Musketeer for a couple of years, until we sold the plane. I liked the weight and handling of the Mouse, but the 14 GPH was hard on my pocket. After the Mouse I went to a basic trainer. Short on power, short on comfort, but a lot of fun to fly none the less.

Last summer the bug hit me to move up to a high performance complex plane. Since most of my flying was local with an occational day trip thrown in for fun, I wanted a plane that would fit a tight budget. My daughter is now away at college and my Mother is starting to suffer with age, I thought I might be up to some longer cross country trips. I looked at most of the entry level complex aircraft. After recommendations from my longtime A&P, I narrowed the search for an early Bonanza. Since the market was soft, there were several choices at prices comparable to a C172's listed. I finally found a 1950 B35 that met most of my desires. She is not a show plane, and she lacks the fancy avionics. But she polished up nice, and she has proven to be solid and trustworthy. The E185-11 engine is perfect for my style of flying, capable of 140 Kts cruise and 10 GPH, but still able to comfortably be flown at 8 to 9 GPH for relaxation. I realy like the classic lines of the V-tail and the early panel.

I now have thirty hours in the plane. The Bonanza is the nicest handling plane I have flown. There is plenty of power, especially since I was use to only 116 hp. Simply love it.

Congrats, Trace, and welcome to BT.

More pics, and more details about you and your Bo!

Welcome! Where's Hurricane?

Welcome Trace! Sounds like you've found your perfect plane...for now. Of course, if you've been lurking for long, you know we don't believe a word until we see pictures...inside and out please.

Welcome Trace

How did you push 14gph through a Super Mouse?

Shannon Evans

Location is Hurricane, UT about 15 miles east of St. George.
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The Mouse was about 5 years ago, so 14 GPH could be overstated. Checked some of my records, but could only find fuel cost records, not gallons.

I am working on the pictures. Still have not quite figured out to get to a public URL.

You don't have to use a URL. Resize the pix so they are less than 600kb, then do the usual BT reply but go down to the bottom of the reply page before you submit. You will have options to browse, add, and show pictures inline. Add the pix, click the inline button, and submit.

Here are a few pictures of 40C.

Can hardly believe the plane has flow across the country, nearly a dozen local cross country local flights, and transition training for three of us totalling sixty hours without so much as problem. All since the end of August. My A&P keeps singing its praise. I am very excited. Heading to Kingman, AZ for business in the morning.

Nice!