I am a lifetime aviation enthusiast with over 3000 hours logged time in mainly Beech Bonanzas (my first was a G35 model that I upgraded to my current original 36). I learned to fly in my dad's Piper Cherokee Arrow 180 as a kid but fell in with the speed and performance of the Bonanza's.

I am a certified public accountant by vocation. While not technically a professional pilot, I use my Bonanza extensively in my business for transportation to clients spread all over Texas.

I got the picture after reading other new members and have attached photos of N369G. I didn't take any photos of it "under the hood" but it has a Continental IO-550 engine with D'Shannon engine baffling system that.

I look forward to using this forum!

Welcome y'all! (In my best Texan accent, which is not good)
Great pics of your bird!

Welcome. Nice looking plane!

Welcome Cameron! Great looking "straight" 36. Must have a great useful load. What kind of TAS do you see in cruise with the IO-550 and scimitar prop? Must be quite a joy to fly

It "trues out" at 170 knots. Flew it yesterday evening to south Texas at 13,000 feet and was getting about 168 knots with zero wind component.

welcome Cameron, you can learn a lot on this site. wondering, do you recall what mp/rpm and fuel flow you had at 13k ?
gary

Fuel flow is about 13.5/hr and MP is 18 at 13,000 ft.

Cameron,

Nice intro. Beautiful A36. Love the pics.

You will love it here. There are ~20,000 enthusiasts here to interact with.

Hey, Cameron - you're just down the road. Where do you have your maintenance done?

Nice looking 36.

Might keep up with this:
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=70955&view=unread#unread

I think our next lunch is in Austin on 2/13. You might even pick up a new client.

Nate,

I have all my maintenance done locally by the A&P who runs our FBO at KETN. His name is Bode Zietz and he has been working on planes of mine for about 15 years. He does an unbelievable job and does it all "by the book".

I've seen quite a bit of poor A&P work from owners who've become dissatisfied with their mechanic and brought their plane in to Bode to have a look. From that, I've seen the work of other A&P shops who overlook alot of the little things that can make for "unsafe" flying.

Bode is a straight-shooter and goes the extra mile to make sure everything is working properly. I recently had a nagging oil leak that I couldn't pin-point and asked Bode to take a look. He ended up replacing ALL the gaskets seals in the engine and did a complete oil change at the same time. Total cost...$471.34! I questioned him about whether he had undercharged me, and he just smiled and said he was glad it was fixed.

Now this is what I call joining BT with class and style.

Pix right off the bat, no nagging.

Welcome to BT Cameron!!!

Thanks for posting the pics of your sweet looking 36!!!

Welcome to BT Cameron great to have you. Very nice looking plane.

Can you ask Bode if he wants to move to NC?
I was literally charged $375 for oil change not too long ago.

Welcome Cameron! Great photos, thank you for posting.
Sounds like you have a good shop too, you must be happy with things.