BeechTalk - BT

Username Protected · **Posted:** 25 Oct 2012, 22:51

Hi,

Brand new to GA, but have been reading everything I can on BT for a few months. A Navy pilot for the past 20 years and finally decided (along with 2 other Navy friends) to take the plunge. We recently purchased a 1972 A36 (with a LOT of help from Paul McCracken from Waypoint Aviation), and couldn't be more excited. Paul has been (and continues to be) a phenomenal resource for us while navigating some unknown waters. Highly recommend him if anyone is plane-hunting. We've learned a ton from BT already and will continue to I'm sure. (Stand by for a LOT of dumb questions...)

Kevin

Here's a couple pix, including my partners and I on delivery day and the family finally getting to see the source of the months of obsession.

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Username Protected · **Posted:** 25 Oct 2012, 22:55

Kevin,

as an ex Navy guy myself, please allow me to welcome you and your shipmates to BT! :cheers:

That's a great looking 36 bud. :drool:

Username Protected · **Posted:** 25 Oct 2012, 23:24

You've got to put some of those bullet hole decals or some war paint on that thing to feel more at home!

Thanks for your 20 years of service to our country. I'm sorry the current administration thinks you're no longer relevant. :tape:

Username Protected · **Posted:** 26 Oct 2012, 03:05

Just wait until you see the equipment list :drool:

PMC

Username Protected · **Posted:** 26 Oct 2012, 12:17

Kevin,

Welcome to BeechTalk and congratulations on your new Bonanza :thumbup:

...and thank you for your service! :cheers:

Drew

Username Protected · **Posted:** 26 Oct 2012, 14:16

Welcome Kevin.....

at least two of your crew enjoying my kind of brew!!! :cheers:

Thank you for your service. :bow:

Username Protected · **Posted:** 30 Oct 2012, 16:07

More pics required on this thread!! And equipment list!

:bat:

PMC

Username Protected · **Posted:** 30 Oct 2012, 16:11

Welcome to BT Kevin!

Great pics! :thumbup:

Now, if you want to post some more pics nobody will object! :peace:

Username Protected · **Posted:** 06 Nov 2012, 23:34

Sorry for the delayed reply, just got back from our first family cross country to Pensacola. WOW...totally different trip when it's 2 hours vice 8.5 in the car!

Equipment list, hmmm - I'll give it a shot:
IO 550
Garmin 430
MX-20
STEC-55 Autopilot
EDM-700
(and the baggage mod, which was put to full use with the four kids on the first trip!)

What am I missing Paul?

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Nov 2012, 01:13

Username Protected wrote:

Welcome to BT Kevin!

Great pics! :thumbup:

Now, if you want to post some more pics nobody will object! :peace:

+1! As a happy PMC customer from 2010, I know you'll be happy with your bird! :thumbup:

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Nov 2012, 11:39

Username Protected wrote:

WOW...totally different trip when it's 2 hours vice 8.5 in the car!

Welcome Kevin :cheers:

, great looking plane and will be a good time saver for you.

And if you have questions, BT is a good place for them.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Nov 2012, 18:06

Username Protected wrote:

Sorry for the delayed reply, just got back from our first family cross country to Pensacola. WOW...totally different trip when it's 2 hours vice 8.5 in the car!

Equipment list, hmmm - I'll give it a shot:
IO 550
Garmin 430
MX-20
STEC-55 Autopilot
EDM-700
(and the baggage mod, which was put to full use with the four kids on the first trip!)

What am I missing Paul?

Oh, u Navy guys are so modest!:
Truly a great group of guys to work with. And it continues my work with AF, Army, USMC, and Navy guys over the years...I have helped quite a few get into their first Bonanzas...and have made many long time friends because of it.

SL30 (simply the best navcom out there)
New leather interior with Beechcraft logo embroidery, etc
GTX330
PS Engineering Stereo ICS
Speedbrakes (ugh)
Auto trim (standard on the STEC55?? dunno)
New glass
Alpha Shoulder Harness Inertia reel system with new rear belts, too
Aircraft CD player

And its a '72 model....these guys knew what they wanted and got it. Good useful load, good candidate for tip tanks and TAT

Thanks again guys

Never knew the Navy claimed Millington as theirs!! Inland Navy Base, who wudda thunk it?

Paul

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Nov 2012, 22:09

Thanks Paul, didn't want to brag too much! You are spot on with the useful load, I had all 4 kids and the wife in there, with bags and 3/4 fuel, and she jumped off the deck. Very nice...

What's the "UGH" about the speedbrakes?! Use them all the time in Hornets...are they not used much in the Bonanza? You've got me scared to touch'em!

Username Protected · **Posted:** 08 Nov 2012, 23:45

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What's the "UGH" about the speedbrakes?! Use them all the time in Hornets...are they not used much in the Bonanza? You've got me scared to touch'em!

The installation of speedbrakes seems to stir passions...

Its a whole 'nother thread...

PMC

Username Protected · **Posted:** 09 Nov 2012, 00:41

Username Protected wrote:

Thanks Paul, didn't want to brag too much! You are spot on with the useful load, I had all 4 kids and the wife in there, with bags and 3/4 fuel, and she jumped off the deck. Very nice...

What's the "UGH" about the speedbrakes?! Use them all the time in Hornets...are they not used much in the Bonanza? You've got me scared to touch'em!

Kevin,

Speed brakes are for your mistakes, and poor ATC handling, and for the most part that rarely happens. They are HORRIBLY inefficient and carry extra weight, especially if you're paying for gas.

They "may" be of some value in really short field landings... however moot, as you make not wish to get in where you can't get out.... for the most part.

For a jet... perhaps, and there were a few times they made things work in the Boeings, but still hated to use them, unless there was no other alternative. In a piston there's plenty of alternatives.... just pull the power back works most of the time.

For me, I'd remove them in a piston plane.

New to BT, first plane...