Flying the Twin Beech (Beech 18)
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- The "Twin Beech", or Beechcraft Model 18 as it is officially known, is an impressive airplane which has served many feeder airlines, cargo companies and militaries around the world over the decades. Over 9,000 were built, and quite a few of them are still flying today - such as this one in Milwaukee, WI, owned by Jeff Schulz. Jeff took me for a ride during Oshkosh 2019, meaning that in this video you will not just fly in a beautiful historic airplane, but also experience the Warbird procedures at Oshkosh's AirVenture and see a lot of other cool aircraft on the ground while we taxi in Oshkosh. Come along for the ride!
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Nice. I flew them on floats where you could carry 10 passengers, provisions for a week, a 12 foot aluminum boat strapped to the belly and a whole lot of gas.
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Thank you for sharing your Beech 18, nice flying given the time and location! Too, pretty sharp of you giving your friends hands on exposure along with a lasting aviation experience.
Does the F.A.A. still require a wing spar x-ray on the Beech 18 ? June 1976 two of our W.W. ll aircraft A&E teachers had to fly one from Logan Utah to Van Nuys CA to get the main wing spar x-rayed. They took four of us lucky enough students to go with them. Those two instructors are ghosts today , but I could tell they were re-living their glory days when piston radial engines were king ! They retired from teaching in the early 1980's. Maybe the best two days of my life were those two days. I miss my dad's generation.
Yes.
Wow what a generous soul to let everybody have a hands on the controls of his pride and joy, awesome.
Had the co pilots seat in one of these during a sunset parachute drop in Australia.
I fly myself but this was magic.
Used to service a yellow an black painted Beech for UPS Airlines. It was once used as a skydiving plane. We called it the Bumblebeech.
I love seeing the 18's heritage showing in modern big Beech's-- the King Air's flaps, various knobs, switch layouts-- the older Barons' Prop/Throttle/Mixture arrangement-- windows are a mix off 99's/Queen/King Airs-- The cabin door and on and on. It reminds me of how the MD-80's cockpit window hardware is straight off the DC-3 line. Decades of good, solid designs.
I agree!
Wow... One of my favorite planes but I don't recall anyone ever working so hard just to taxi. Awesome command of an aircraft.
I told Jeff today how much work this airplane is, in terms of managing all the systems and the thousands of levers, gauges and switches. Looks a lot more complicated than my Bonanza.
- Martin
Built many years ago at Beech Aircraft right here in Wichita, Kansas. . .More than 7000 Beech 18's were produced here during World War II.
Dear Martin'
I could talk to you all day on aviation but this aircraft has me looking always at the beautiful cockpit windows.. Truly great... Geoff
Interesting fact. When you raise the landing gear in a B-18 the center of gravity moves aft.
Please fill the oil and check the gas...this is a Beach 18 with a radial engine.
This is one of the finest and most fun aviation videos I have watched in a long time. This is a quality video!
What a gorgeous Beech18! I think the Beech 18 is one of the most gorgeous aircraft flying today :) The Staggerwing may be THE most gorgeous. Tough call
Hard to argue with your "most beautiful airplane" ranking, Michael!
- Martin
I was traveling salesman for a milling co. during the late 50's and early 60's. Our company owned a Twin Beech identical to this on. I enjoyed the many hours I traveled in this sweet plane,
It sure felt like a comfortable ride in the back!
- Martin
Lovely aircraft and great flying! I was pressing imaginary rudder pedals all the way .....smooth landing too - thanks!
Thanks, George - glad you enjoyed it.
- Martin
@@martinpauly dam you must have enjoyed listening to the beautiful sound of the engines
I’m surprised you were able to fly that thing without a single mustache in the cockpit.
What is that supposed to men?
What is that supposed to mean?
That comment made no sense
it irritates me when people say stupid crap.
@@ronmartin3755 most older experienced pilots have an impressive mustache
Man flying anything around Oshkosh during the big flying would be nerve-wracking but even more so with all those gyrations you have to go thru taxiing those wide wings around out there in the heat!
It's not relaxing, that's for sure - but quite doable, especially with two people in the cockpit.
- Martin
I've always loved and dreamed about Beech twins. Thanks for the ride!
You are welcome, Neil.
- Martin
Nice job by Jeff. Operating a Twin Beach demo flight in that busy environment gave me a bit of a pucker ...
That was a smooth landing. Well done. Greetings from Arizona.
A twin Beech flys like an overgrown J-3 except for the first 30 mph and the last 30 mph.
Beautiful old twin engine airplane of yesteryear
Agree 100%.
- Martin
Great video! Thanks for the experience. I felt almost as I was there :)
My pleasure - thanks for riding along!
- Martin
The traffic management on the ground is what struck me!
This is my personal opinion......the Beech 18 is the second most sexiest multi passenger aircraft made......The first is a Beech staggerwing.
Both are extremely nice looking airplanes, I agree.
I have yet to fly in a Staggering... one day!
- Martin
I first fell in love with radial sound when I was in HS back in 1960. Crop dusters in their stearmans would work my uncle's rice and soy bean fields in Daisetta, TX (near Beaumont) and I would help load and refuel them. When I was a Sr in HS I flagged for one summer season. Truly there is no sound quite like a 985 or a 1340. Man, such great memories.
They have it in MSFS now. This is a wonderful plane to fly - virtually. The visibility is indeed excellent, I was wondering if my head position was somehow too high, but no, it's just that good. It flies so stable. Putting it on the ground is easy, slowing it down is a handful. Keeping an eye on all the gauges is almost infeasible under workload for one pilot. Luckily it does have an autopilot, even one that does not seem to want to kill you. It's not advanced enough to do that, which is refreshing.
Probably - and by that I mean absolutely - the most fun I ever had in a sim.
I look at MSFS videos often, now all of the Twin Beech videos keep popping up on my "recommended" pages! I wonder if this is a coincidence?
@@whammo11224 The algorithm knows ;) It’s quite cheap actually. And if not study level, close to it.
flew one for a company maybe forty years ago. one thing about it was that you didn't use full throttle on takeoff. manifold pressure was limited to 36.5 " hg. as you climbed, you kept adding throttle. you wound up with the handles all the way up around 8000 ft. same thing with the p&w r-1340.
Correct, the engines are supercharged, and you have to watch manifold pressure as you advance the throttles for take-off.
Best, Martin
Dear Martin
Beautiful, This aircraft built and designed before i'ts time in my view ...
It sure set direction for the future. If you look at all the big cabin class twins built since then - the King Air, the Cessna 300s and 400s, etc. - they all more or less look like the Twin Beech.
Regards,
Martin
The red Beech-18 aerobatic airshow at Oshkosh is one of the best flight demonstrations I've ever seen.
Hopefully we'll get to see it again in 2021.
- Martin
Martin, thanks for yet another great video. Never been to the fly-in but flew my twin Travelair for many years and your camera work did it up right. Congratulations, my friend. Dave in Phoenix Arizona USA
Thanks for the kind words, Dave.
- Martin
Someone asked: Why a warbird? I received my Navy Wings of Gold in Sep 64. By the end of that month I had reported to my fleet squadron which was based in Norfolk, VA. I was a classic "Boot Ensign" with about 380 hours. Sometime towards the end of November, a LCDR named Willie asked me if I wanted to be his copilot and take one of our aircraft to the NAS Pensacola rework facility. We would then take one that was finished and bring it back to Norfolk. When we arrived in PNS we discovered that our pickup aircraft was not ready. But there was an SNB (Beech 18) ready for delivery to the Norfolk base Operations. We stayed the night on base and then picked up the SNB the next morning. After takeoff and at altitude, Willie says "You've got it". After about 15 minutes Willie says "I'm gonna take a nap. Wake me up when we're about 15 minutes from Norfolk". Willie went to sleep and I flew the thing all the way to the 'designated' point! I woke him up, he took over and landed. That was my one and only time in an SNB. But, there were plenty of them in the Navy during those days.
What a nice story, Bill - thanks for sharing!
Best, Martin
Very nice aircraft with an interesting history. Looks good and sounds good, Classic
• Cheers from Mettetal Airport. Canton - Plymouth Michigan ✈️
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video!
- Martin
Beech 18 is my one true love.
Someday...
I too love the sound of 985's. In the early 70's I was a lineboy for a guy that had a dozen or so twin beeches which he used on mail contracts. Us lineboys would help load the mail and then ride along. I did manage to bounce one once but never ground looped. Only airplane the owner ever had wrecked was when someone ran one off the side of the runway for an unknown reason. Bobby Younkin used to fly the mail before he started in the air show business.
I've always said that if I could afford a twin I'd own a Beech 18. One of my disappoints in life is that I could never afford to buy one. Instead I ended up with a Cessna 175 and modified with a Lyc O-360, CS prop, Avcon STOL, new upholstery, new plexiglass. Still dream about a Beech 18.
There sure are worse dreams than that, Douglas!
- Martin
Douglas Rodrigues Nothing wrong with that man. Your conversion is a solid one. Assume it helped w weight and balance.
What are all the slides or signs that the flight station crew keeps managing, repositioning, and displaying up on the windscreen and instrument panel hood, and what are they for?
This is part of the communications procedure in Oshkosh. They are signs with the parking position (e.g. GAP = general aviation parking, WB = warbirds) or departure needs (IFR, VFR). Cuts down the radio transmissions.
- Martin
Great video. It is a beautiful and comfortable plane of pretty and seductive lines! Thanks for it.-
It pains me to see such a well restored aircraft like this not equipped with shoulder harnesses. One of the cheapest and most effective safety measures you can install
I agree - if it were my plane, I would install shoulder harnesses in the cockpit.
- Martin
Gee. How 'bout a ballistic parachute with rocket assist?
woow what a nice ride!! beautiful airplane, nice flight! thanks 4 sharing
Yes, she's a beauty. I feel fortunate I got to fly in her.
- Martin
I keep hoping that Jim Backus will open the bar once they cet to cruising altitude.....
Martin this was awesome what a treat to get a ride on a classic.
Glad you liked it, Michael.
- Martin
Man, this is worse than KJFK during the evening rush ...
Oh yes, Oshkosh is much busier during AirVenture than any other airport in the world.
- Martin
Muy hermoso avión yo vole C45.la compañía se llamaba T.A
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I admired your beautiful bird at Oshkosh. This video made my day. I flew in on Hairless Joe, a C-47, out of Willow Run in Ypsilanti, Michigan. So the vibes came through while watching. Bravo.
Thank you very much - glad you enjoyed watching it. Still not quite like actually flying it, but at least you got a chance to look at the real thing in Oshkosh.
Best, Martin
I just wanted to thank you for a wonderful immersive video...
Wonderful flying and the Twin Beech is SUCH a piece of ass!!!
(I would've gone with the bare aluminum but everyone's prolly doin' that)
Thanx again and... cheers
My pleasure, Jonny. Thanks for the kind feedback!
- Martin
Beech 18.-Sky King's first airplane, before the TV show made him switch to a Cessna 310 for whatever stupid reason. The Beech 18 made ol' Sky's adventures seem wonderful. The 310 not so much.
Yes, the Beech 18 is classy!
- Martin
What a beautiful bird! One of my all time favorites.
A flight sim model building genius named Milton Shupe made a fantastic beech18 for Microsoft flight sim FS2004 and updated to work in Microsoft FSX.
I know it's nothing like real world flying, but I spent many hours in the cockpit of his awesome FS model. Lot of fun!
Awesome! Flight Simulator is how I started learning about instrument flying back when I was a teenager - the graphics back then were really nothing to write home about, and it's amazing how good the scenery and also the airplanes themselves look in the modern version of Flight Simulator. You've probably seen the previews of MS Flight Simulator 2020 - unbelievable!
Best regards, Martin
where was this airport at., I never seen so many aircraft at one airport That was a great video. My Dad had a Biplane in the mid 1930s .And in the 1940s to the late 50s he bought a Cessna 140 they only cost about $3,000 new back then. He would fly it all over the place . I was just a baby back then. Dad had a few pictures of me and Mom in the Cessna.. He got me interested in flying when I was young. He would tell me all kind of flying stories and trips he took, He sold the plane in the late 50s, i ask why.? Dad said it was getting to expensive to fly back in the late 50s. Its very expensive to fly now. i all ways wanted to fly , but never could afford to.. I've flew a few times with other pilots and love it ;; Thanks for your video i enjoyed it
My pleasure, Norm. The airport is Oshkosh, WI. For one week each year, it becomes the busiest airport in the world, when EAA hosts their annual AirVenture fly-in. If you are curious, I made a video about AirVenture as well: ua-cam.com/video/K5Ly3LDmWt4/v-deo.html
Best regards,
Martin
I hadn't seen this. Came here after you mentioned it last night. This is awesome. I'm curious why it wouldn't have a steerable tailwheel. Seems like that would simplify grounds handling a lot.
Thanks, Bryan! With 100LL prices going towards zero, this would be a fun plane to own and fly!
- Martin
Hey I love your vid. My dad and I just acquired 2 beech 18 to restore and fly to their new home in the Caribbean. I want to start a UA-cam channel showing our journey in the restoration and adventures that we will do with them. Would love anyone be interested in helping us restore the planes and get them up in the air! Once again, thanks for you video.
Thanks for the feedback, and good luck for getting that channel started!
- Martin
3000+ hours in beech flying freight for May Air. DFW-LBB,MAF,SHV. Thank you for the memories . I miss that bird. 9682R , 41A , Nice video.
Thanks, Tiffany. Glad to hear you enjoyed the video.
- Martin
No offense right seaters but consume the aircraft in the moment. the dash, the feel the controls, vibrations--- fly who cares about the boy scouts. I want to know how and what you felt handling a beautiful aircraft 56 years old at that !! That bird was born in '64 it appears .. PIC great job being a great instructor and heads up of what to expect, Sir... Kudos. (pilot)
Wow, really nice video. I went right seat to deliver a small load of Roller bearings to NJ from Akron Canton (Cak) for the Timken Co. in 1973. It was a really dark night over the trip to NJ. Beech 18 is an amazing plane. Thanks for the memories.
My pleasure, Gary.
- Martin
So, you didn't park in the same place as you left from. When you left, on the right was a Grumman Albatross, but on the left, was that a Bamboo Bomber? You don't see too many of those still flying!
We tried, but for reasons unknown to us they directed us to a different parking spot nearby.
- Martin
@@martinpauly I wasn't worried about the parking spot s much as the airplane that was previously to the left of the airplane you were in. Those poor line crew at Oshawa so overworked, but they do their best. I hope to get there one year.
Many years ago, when I was young and full of overconfidence, I flew an H with tricycle gear to show to a potential buyer at his home airport. 1st flight in an 18, I was the pilot. What could happen, right? I had about 30 hours twin time - in a Cessna 310. Tried to land the Beech like I'd landed the 310. Found the 18 had the glide capability of a boulder. Very fortunate those P&W engines came back to life quickly. I survived the only obstacle landing I ever unknowingly attempted in a Twin Beech. Have flown a couple since, got some dual time first. Love the aircraft! Great video, Martin. Thanks for putting it up.
Had it a year and a half and it's for sale... talk about buyer's remorse.
I spoke with Jeff about that. He loves the airplane and has taken very good care of it. Having said that, burning 50 gallons an hour makes this a not-so-practical airplane for most people.
- Martin
@@martinpauly I can imagine. I'd love one, myself, but I'm not sure I could stomach the fuel or oil bills.
-Phil
@@martinpauly at today's negative oil prices one could almost make money while guzzling fuel.
Who owned the plane in Oklahoma? I was on a twin beach in Tulsa in the Sixties , it belonged to Skelly Oil. Pilot was Dwight Stevenson.
Thanks for sharing Martin great video, love the Beech 18. Don't you just love the sound of radial engines!
*Ear Candy!*
Yes - the radials are music to my ears!
- Martin
I definitely had to give you a thumbs up on this one Martin! I could not help but notice how far you had to pull the yoke back when in taxi. I suppose if you were really fat, that might be a problem. I still think that is a beautiful airplane! I like the clean panel as well.
A good incentive to lose weight and live a healthy life, right? 👍
- Martin
@@martinpauly For sure!!!
You captured the tone and aura of the radial engines perfectly!
Thank you, Dick. I like how it turned out!
- Martin
And as we know from "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", it has a fully stocked bar which is deployed by pressing the button marked "booze".
Sounds like a real aeroplane, not some rotax powered toy.
Hard to beat the sound of a radial engine!
- Martin
When I first saw this aeroplane in the movie, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", I said, "That's a beauty" I must have been nice to be rich in the 1950s.
This aircraft is waiting for it’s next curator. I would love to be able to afford this aircraft with an open wallet approach. Rode shotgun for a day in one, about thirty years ago at Skydive San Marcos. No insulation or fabric lined interior in the aircraft so there was a whole lot more noise going on.
It's a beautiful airplane, but not a cheap one to operate for sure.
Jeff said it consumes about 50 gallons per hour.
- Martin
The sweet music of the 985's with 2-bladers..quite hypnotic.
Nothing quite like the sound of a radial engine!
- Martin
Great job recording and sharing excitement. Enjoyed.
I think that is the '18 that was owned by Phillips Oil Copany in Bartlesville, OK.
all that 'extra' chatter from ATC to other airplanes, is distracting and confusing as all get out.
Maybe that's why I'm not a pilot? Nah, that can't be it.... l.o.v.e. that Beech ! It sounds soooo sweeet
Pampa, Texas, appreciates the video!!
Glad you enjoyed it, Steve!
- Martin
Omgness i am so jealous, i want to fly one
There are still many of them flying, Jimmy, so you may get your wish one day.
- Martin
Regarding the loss of AMELIA I should have said my father indoctrinated me on this occurrence and all my life I have thought about Amelia, I was born 1939..........Soorry
Amelia spent as much time being lost as making records. She was a favored aviatrix from Atchison, KS. Money doesn't buy skill.
The 18 to me is the most beautiful plane!
I remember in 1965 Art Scholl checked me out in our schools 18 beech (I was teaching air Navigation he was my boss )
It is a hand full on the ground but in the air few can compare! biggest danger is ground looping! on takeoff and some on landing/ I did ground loop it caught me by surprise got in the blank spot raising tail up with no directional control at all other then differential engine control short is you cant steer it normally like other twins@
What an honor to fly with (and learn from) Art Scholl!
Didn't he die in 1985, though?
@@martinpauly TYPO SHOULD BE 1965 THANKS, LONG TIME AGO! I WAS 25 THEN ART MUST HAVE BEEN ABOUT 28 I GUESS! IM 83 RIGHT NOW.
TELL YOU A LITTLE SECRET! He checked me out one night in our COLLEGE 18 beech We got vectored out of Lax had to land neither of us checked the gas-OOPS ART OUT OF GAS-YUP AND ME AN INSTRUCTOR! he thought I tanked I thought he did! never forgot it either! his entire attitude was had to be ok man! WE WERE OUT OF GAS! SO THE ARPT HAD TO BE THEIR AND IT WAS. he flew like that, it was always their for HIM, until the day it wasn't OR WAS IT??? I QUIT IN 65 WENT INTO AIR CARGO! TOLD MY WIFE HE WAS EITHER A TOTAL NUT OR THE BEST PILOT ON EARTH! OR BOTH!! HE WAS BOTH! 60 YEARS AGO, BEST TIME IN WORLD HISTORY!! AND YEAH IT WAS AN HONOR TO FLY WITH HIM!
Yes another great video thanks so much for your refreshing presentation and knowledge.
Glad you enjoyed it, James.
- Martin
Can't help but to think of Jim Bachus, Buddy Hackett and Mickey Rooney
Very Sweet Aircraft! Thank you for this wonderful video.
Glad you enjoyed it, Bob.
Thanks, Martin
"What could happen to an old fashioned?"
Can't look at this plane without thinking of "It's a mad mad mad mad world"
?? If the engines are supercharged they don't lose MP in a climb as the blower makes up for the change in air density (to a point). I know a few guys who've owned these, such a cool airplane with a great sound.
Going from memory here... Jeff explained that the compressor for the supercharger on the Beech 18 is mechanically linked to the crankshaft. So the maximum manifold pressure available does indeed decrease with altitude, just like in a normally aspirated setup - it's just higher than the atmospheric pressure, due to the supercharger. Given that the Beech 18 uses derated power, in practical terms you can get the maximum allowed MP up to 8,000 feet or so. But it does require continuous throttle adjustment in the climb, unlike a modern turbocharger with an automatic wastegate which maintains MP up to the critical altitude.
No argument on the great sound of these radial engines!
Best, Martin
@@martinpauly It will lose some MP due to pumping losses, but it'll maintain climb power at least to 8k. I'd have to ask my friend who owned one about the engine's critical altitude. 8k sounds a bit low for a blower engine, but I'm not 100% sure. Great video, btw.
Thanks guys for the wonderful contributions you are making to the stock of vital plant food better known as life giving CO2 gas.
Not to mention the great 'music' of a P&W radial.
Great job with camera and audio to put us virtually right in the airplane. Thank you very much!
Thanks, Allen - glad you enjoyed it.
- Martin
They are fun to fly,have hundreds of hours on them.
What could go wrong with an old fashioned! 🥃
I love riding in the b18 she was my first. I heard somebody say its like a little dc3
I can see that analogy, Dale.
- Martin
Flew 18s for the old Emery Air Freight then throughout the Caribbean & Mexico. I have a book out about my life with the 18 & others. Over & Back by Wild Bill Callahan. Amazon. If you have objections to my book here, just let me know & I'll delete it. Enjoyed the video & the memories it brought back. Thank you!
That little triangular window on your left front, I used to open it up on difficult approaches in heavy weather to see better. One story in the book is my landing at Chicago Midway in snow & ice, low ceiling, with one brake completely gone.
Thank you for your note, Bill. I can't even imagine what that landing in Chicago Midway must have been like... I know the airport well, but only with a well-working airplane and without snow & ice.
Best regards, Martin
Back in 80 at EAA I got to watch Hoover, the Christian Eagles with Leo Loudenslager and the Poberzneys and I got to meet the great Art Scholl . WOWZER ! For an 18 YO kid I was heaven. Thats a beautiful 18. The interior is luxo ... I got to watch Leo do a 16 point roll.. flat stunning. That was the first time I saw the jaw dropping Helio Courier do its stuff. Awesome mammories...
Those are great memories. My first time in Oshkosh was in 1999, I think. I remember being overwhelmed - it was huge (and still is today). I remember seeing Bob Hoover fly in the air show.
- Martin
Lovely aircraft and great flying! Greetings from an old Pilot 79 y..soon 80,,,,
Thanks, Karl.
- Martin
Ahh, i remember these well. I flew a dirty old cargo one way back in the 70’s in Texas. Thanks for the video.
My father in law owned one for his charter/cargo business in the 70s. He told a story of having it so filled with boxes he and his wife had to crawl through the windows. they were coming back from I think Arizona - he said he would trim it out and take a nap to the sound of the radials.
We still have a fold out desk assembly with the tail number on it. I looked it up and the old plane is still flying. I was considering reaching out to see if the owner wanted the table.
He passed away a couple years ago. I really miss his stories
You are welcome, Richard - glad you enjoyed the video.
- Martin
Nice to see B-18 in the sky one of the great machines built by Beechcraft great video , I am Canadian ( imported from Finland in -78 ) got my Ppl and Commercial right after my arrival to Canada with my multi and multi-IFR right after never made to Commercial Aviation ( got too old ) Flew jumpers for many years ( never could figure out someone jumping out of a perfectly good airplane !!) I got into ferry flying and ended up flying over 4000 hours as a ferry pilot ( loved flying in U.S ATC is the best in the world by any means ) I got passed on by aircraft dealers as a good kid ( i am machinery Technician by trade so I knew how to listen and feel the engines and plane alltogether. ( I was told this by an older very experienced Pilot as a former P-51 war time pilot that I had the privilege to fly with, I have a great respect to all of those that had to escort the bombers to Germany many Me 109s there with 20 mm cannons waiting luckily P-51s had the good old Browning .50 , well short life story All the best to you and being Christian and Love the western culture and freedom I would say God Bless !
Wow, you have had quite an aviation career! I bet the ferry pilot experience alone must have given you enough stories to fill a book.
Best regards, Martin
The scenery outside the Beech 18 looks almost as realistic as the scenery in the new Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020!
Ha - soon I won't need to fly my Bonanza anymore to make videos; I can just create them using MS Flight Simulator 2020 (which looks amazing!).
- Martin
Magnificent! To quote lron Man on seein Black Widow... 'l want one'!
A beautiful airplane, indeed!
- Martin
Man that looked like fun. Thanks for bringing us along!!
Glad you liked it, Mike!
- Martin
I used to jump out of an 18 in So. Cal. But it certainly wasn't as cherry as this one. Beautiful Bird this..
Took off in one many a time but never rode one back to the runway so this was a unique experience in a way.
I totally agree about the sound of those engines. They never disappoint.
Thank You for Posting!
First cockpit video I've seen where the most nerve-wracking part was taxiing to the runway. Notice also that Oshkosh omits calling out N-numbers and acknowledgments to reduce radio traffic. I guess they have to.
Welcome to AirVenture, Dan.
- Martin
One of the best piston twin.
Certainly one of the best-looking!
- Martin
For my fellow aviators, at 15:55 the T6 pilot making the “one two” gesture is asking if he’s good for single file or double file taxi. If double file he’s cleared to pass the wing tip. Motorcyclists adopted this and still use this gesture today.
I did not know that - thanks for teaching me something new today! 👍
- Martin
...now THAT'S an airplane...what a beautiful sound...
No argument about the sound of those radial engines!
- Martin
What an amazing bird!
Pure love!
Agree 100%!
- Martin
Nicest Beech I ever flew was a King Air F-90 from Opa Locka Beech maintenance to West Palm. Liked it better than the KA 200 on the same leg. Martin's smile tells me he's itching for a twin.
Oh, a twin would be nice - but not affordable for me currently. And really, I have no complaints about the Bonanza - it's a very good airplane, as long as that engine keeps running. :-)
- Martin
Gr8 Flight Martin...That Pilot is a good Captian too!! Hey Martin , did you ask Jeff what he purchased that Beautiful beach Bird!!!
Hi JR. I did talk to Jeff about this, but don't remember exactly. I do know he sold the airplane just very recently. I am very fortunate to have gotten a couple of rides in it!
- Martin