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Beech Travel Air
How an accidental friendship led to an Oshkosh championThe grass around the 1958 Beech Travel Air was beaten down, trampled by thousands of feet, wearing a path around the wings and tail of N100BH....
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Tradewind Turbine Bonanza
Adding more power to a Beech A36 translates to more speed and funHot-rodding is fundamental to the American soul, and it isn’t merely confined to car buffs. Pilots, too, have a need to go faster,...
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A Sharper Bonanza
The image of success for a multi-million-dollar company Gnoss Field is one of Northern California’s most idyllic small airports. Nestled on the floodplain of San Francisco Bay, which lies only 30 miles...
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The Ultimate V-Tail
This Bonanza has the most famous silhouette in the sky The V-tail Bonanza's distinctive tail has always been an unmistakable figure in the sky or on the ground. Pilots don't agree on much. We argue...
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The Littlest King Air
Fifty years of continuous production point out the importance of a twin turbine.Too often, it seems the aviation press gives short shrift to one of the most important segments of business flying....
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The Baron Of Glass
A seventy-five-year legacy turns the corner on the 21st centuryWalter Beech was born with a nearly H.G. Wellsian vision of things to come, at least when it came to aviation. In 1905, at the tender age...
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The Ultimate Bonanza: Glass And Fast
This high flyer can carry six people at 200 MPH Most new pilots build time in low-performance airplanes before moving up to faster, more complex airplanes. Not Dee Winston—he cuts straight to the...
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The Bonanza Hits 60 Strong and Fast!
On its 60th anniversary, the Bonanza is still a true pilot’s airplaneAny good design has a timelessness that transcends fashion. Whether you consider a toaster or a car or an airplane, a successful...
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Flying Into The Future
Behind the Bonanza’s anniversary makeoverBaby boomers can appreciate the urge to have a little work done as a milestone birthday approaches: tone up the body, smooth out a few wrinkles, all to reflect...
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Resurrecting A Dream
A restored Staggerwing fulfills a father’s wishBill Morrison, a pilot with now-defunct Western Airlines, was perusing the classified ads in the Los Angeles Times, back in 1974, when he erupted in a...
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The Mystique Of The Baron
The basic design may be 40 years old, but the 2008 Baron G58 flies with a newborn’s enthusiasm and I was at Sun 'n Fun two years ago when a subscriber walked up to me and asked a question I wasn't...
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Bonanza In The 6th Decade
Is there a pilot out there who doesn’t yearn for a Bonanza? When I was a college student about XX years ago, one of the coolest cars on the planet was the Jaguar XKE. I had a rich classmate whose...
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Hawker Beechcraft Premier 1A: Little Big Jet
With six-passenger cabin seating, 450-knot cruise and fighter-like climb performance, the Premier 1A is the largest airplane in the light jet class Hawker Beechcraft Premier IA Thirty years ago, in...
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Cougar Baron: Most Happy Baron
Rocket engineering offers the world’s most enthusiastic Baron In the world of corporate turboprops, 300 knots is something of a holy grail. Three hundred knots begins to intrude on jet country. Not...
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Sports Sedan Of The Six-Place Singles
Largest of the Bonanzas, the G36 nevertheless retains the type’s excellent performance and control harmony It’s hard not to love a Bonanza, especially if it’s the stretched model 36. The Bonanza has...
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There's Something About A Bonanza
In continuous production for an amazing 66 years, the Bonanza continues to be most aviators’ dream machine It seems everyone loves the straight-tailed 36 Bonanza. To many pilots, it's the paragon of...
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