Olive Ann Beech 75th anniversary special edition Beechcraft Bonanza G36
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- Olive Ann Beech is an aviation legend. Universally recognized as the First Lady of Aviation, she became president of Beech Aircraft in 1950, making her the first woman to head a major aircraft company.
Today, we are honored to announce the special edition 75th anniversary Beechcraft Bonanza G36, inspired by Mrs. Beech’s signature blue color, strength, vision and pioneering leadership.
This limited-edition model will deliver in 2022.
Spent 44 years of my life at this company, wonderful place to work. Very family oriented.
My grandfather had a 1960 M-model V tail (N9721R). Glad to see she's still registered and flying!
Can't say for certain, but, I believe I read she preferred a V-Tail. If you want to honor Olive, support the V-Tail!
What do you think of the V-Tail..(pro..cons)? Would you get a V-Tail or a Straight Tail..?
Aaaamen Eric Scotten. Since it is no longer so far ahead of its time, I’ve been hoping for YEARS that Beech would take advantage of the massive amounts of engineering and research already done, add just a bit more to that (thus saving costs and accelerating the time line for certification) and put the Beech Lightning into production - BUT with a V tail! That would be the ultimate Bonanza, and it’s logical evolution!
Having owned a 1954 E-35 for a time, and having flown an A-36 for a bit around 1982, I got to see and feel first-hand the strength, elegance, and harmony of the controls resulting in marvelous flying characteristics of this all most-perfectly designed wing and airframe combination. After all, the wing started with the Beech 18 and continues on even in King Airs to this day, outboard if the nacelles, as I understand it. Especially after the mod required in more recent years, there is nothing wrong with the V tail, and aircraft such as the Cirrus jet shows that it is still viable and attractive.
@@moranplano I’m definitely a fan of the v-tail; my company operates a 1968 V35A. It is a solid airplane, easy to fly and quite easy to land… Comparatively speaking, it’s the Caddy to other aircraft in its class. PROS - Comfortable ride and best-looking aircraft in class (uh… v tail!). Mooney is a close second, but you must like the ride inside (legs flopped out in front of you as opposed sitting more upright). Personally, my ankles can’t take the seating position in a Mooney. CONS - Received plenty of bad press for ‘structural issues’ with the tail; most of which can be attributed to improper rigging or control surface balancing that leads to in-flight flutter. Narrow CG (can carry a lot, but only if loaded correctly). Textron’s leadership (lack thereof) in supporting the venerable v-tail with a litany of excuses about availability of magnesium and chemical prep to stamp out skins. At this time, no skins are available should they need to be replaced due to corrosion (which is a common problem with magnesium). There are some repair stations that can make limited repairs, but to preserve the fleet of v-tails, a new solution needs to be engineered (Fabric, Carbon Fiber, new Ruddervator assembly, etc…).
No matter how busy I am, or what I may be doing at the time Beechcraft releases news, I stop in my tracks and take notice. Beechcraft has been in the better part of my life starting with the Debonair, then the Bonanza V35b, the B55 Baron and finally the Venerable B60 Duke...some of the best memories of my life.
My dad had two Bonanza’s…I spent hours in those airplanes…lots of hand flying…still have the wooden paddle prop from his Straight 35 Bonanza…no paint..just beautiful laminated wood…oh..and he was a dentist…bought the first one in 68…second was a K35…we went everywhere in those planes…many grass strips….what a wonderful way to grow up…and wonderful airplanes…thank you Beechcraft for the amazing memories….😀😀
I have had Beechcraft blood flowing through my veins for about 27 years now. I am a mechanic, love working on and flying them. My favorite is the 1966 V35. A tribute to Olive Ann would be a new version of that exact model with modern avionics.
Someone is bound to say it.....the ancestry DNA is absolutely beautiful
No V tail? That's one of the most beautiful aircraft ever produced!
I agree.
great piece Mindy. Thank you
Pretty Woman, nice airplane.
My congratulations 🛩️👍
Wow! Amazing story and plane.
Thank you for sharing!
Pretty nice.
Wow! What a beautiful and capable airplane! I want one!
That color looks really good on a G36
Hi Mindy. Doing your usual great job! How about teaming up with Stevie Treissenberg and her Bonanza?
This plane is so beautiful!!
Philip's interested it looks amazing. Brilliant presentation and the leather interior looks outstanding. Can not wait to get going phil.
I mindy hope you are well. The new bonanza g36 looks amazing have you flown it yet.the leather interior looks nice are you doing a video flight like your other video using the controllers and the avionics with a walk round. Keep safe and well philip.
I'm confused why on the Textron website it says that the G36 only has a service ceiling of around 17000 ft but the t206 turbo station air has a service ceiling of 26,000 ft and the horsepower is very similar?
Is the G36 just not have enough horsepower to climb to 26,000 ft? What's what's the deal with the difference in service ceiling?
my second favorite aircraft next to the 182.
Has it got any enhanced performance compared to the standard model?
Textron: shows gray shirt, “she gravitated towards blue”
Everyone:
Olive Ann:
I'm curious about 'Where' are they going to build it? ? They leveled the single engine facility in Wichita to the ground several years ago.
Great job @schmiiindy
minddyyyy
Lol
Reintroduce the Staggerwing.
Sweet But....... Not as Sweet as Our New Speedster Bonanza at Oshkosh right Now. Ive worked at Beechcraft the Last 36 Years and this is The Nicest Paint weve Sent Out of Beech!!!!!!
Looks nice but I hate to ask what the MSRP on these will be. I am guessing $1 million each.
Does beechcraft have a representative office in Poland?
How many quadrillions for this now?
Beautiful planes, set the standard. But the cost will likely be over $1,000,000 for a plane whose design costs were long ago amortized, using tooling and jigs that have long been paid for. Makes no sense. Beech will make 10 next year and probably make money on them but it is not enough to replenish the fleet for the years losses.
truth... you're better off buying a good Beech airframe from the 60s-70s for ~$25-35k and spending $100k on avionics/engine upgrades and have an equally capable aircraft for a fraction of the cost of a new one.
@@Tetra84 Hoping a 6 seat experimental with similar performance and capacity will eventually be available. Something like a stretched rv-10 and larger engine. Textron will never bring new general aviation models to market.
But it's the same story for any product these days. Companies are dealing with excessive taxes, regulations, fees, insurance requirements, employer obligations, increased healthcare costs for employees, etc. It drives up the price of the products. Sad, but what can they do? At least they didn't move overseas. God bless them.
@@yamascott not really. GA Manufacturers were attacked by the lawyers which hurt them then the tax benefits were stripped from them by Carter and then Reagan. As they made fewer units the cost went up driving more people out of the market driving the per unit cost even higher. Even the Cirrus cost is way out of line to what a high performance single engine plane was in the 60s. in real dollars.
@@johnmajane3731 Seems that you and Scott are making the same overall observations.
my 1948 35 is sweeter than any 36 model
I agree.
Very cool. I still prefer polished metal though.
I couldn't agree more.
@mindys boss give her more money
You guys need to make a modern 33 bonanza with the tornado alley turbo io-550 from the factory, 120 gallon main tanks like in the b-36 and a parachute with a 1300 lb useful load...all of these things can be done in the aftermarket except for the parachute...if you did that, you would compete with Cirrus and steal back a pretty large portion of the market shares...
Much rather have a Bonanza over a Cirrus any day. But y’all need to come out with a V-tail again.
Wait! What?! Mindy, I thought you worked for the competition? Have you gone over to the Dark side?! 😂
Textron owns Cessna, Beechcraft and Lycoming engines. All roughly since 2014.
Ralph Harmmon is the founder and desighner of the BeachCraft Bonanza, not whats her name
So, it's just like a normal Bonanza, only with retro paint and a fancier interior, for even more money? Seems kinda lame to me, since I would rather see an updated V-tail Bonanza based on the G36 fuselage. With the technology available today, a re-designed V-tail Bonanza would be a spectacular aircraft.
raytheon killed beech.
That's almost an insult to Mrs. Beech. What kind of "original" Beechcraft doesn't have a V tail?
One without an outdated design, and that was proven to be a design flaw that was the point of failure on several crashes.
@@TravelingStacker It was also because low time people who only flew for work got them. While it isn't a amazing design, the only thing wrong with the V tail is that it makes people in the back air sick after some shaking.
No V- tail.....not a Bonanza. The end.
V-tail is all marketing back in the day. In this modern world its a liability due to increased insurance rates.
@@briangray5921 actually it was done for aerodynamic reasons not marketing. The V tail is slightly faster then the straight tail for the same money. By 1980 they are just not selling so Beech stopped producing them. The original straight tail Bonanza was actually the Debonair, an economy version of the Bonanza. People call the 36 a stretched Debonair.
@@briangray5921 Nonsense
In 25 years…I spent more time in Bonanza’s than any of you….
Wow..looks like a Debonair…..haha…not a V tail Bonanza…🤣
V tail, give me a break. It was a marketing ploy, pure and simple. The V tails were no faster, structurally weaker, difficult to rig, and provided a god awful ride in turbulence. Other than looks their conventional tail brethren, 33’s, 36’ are better planes. Oh, I forgot to mention the whole magnesium issue..
V Tails are faster....
Obviously, you have no idea what you're talking about.
OMG!
A bow to "Political Correctness"!
The Founder of the Company; WALTER BEECH, wasn't even mentioned??????
SHAME ON YOU !
Thank You, Robin! Thought I was the only one who noticed this... and I was pen pals with the lovely and generous Olive Ann as a kid. Shameful advertising. Beautiful design though, if you take that GIANT "B" off the tail and replace it with a small vintage 'Beechcraft' logo.
Nice blonde
Wh
You lost me at the virtue signaling, you selling an aircraft or Olive Ann Beech?
The vee-tail killed an amazing number of people……
make RR or GE powered non pressurized single turboprop