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Beechcraft Heritage Museum
Major Sheet
Metal Repairs,
Flight Controls,
and
Wing Specialists
The Last V-Tail
By Wade McNabb
The first arrival for the 2012 Beech Party at the Beechcraft Heritage
Museum was actually the last of its kind. I had the opportunity
to deliver a 1982 V35B from Ellington Field in Houston, Texas, to
Tullahoma, Tennessee. Our arrival was one week before the start
of the event, but that’s the way circumstances played out.
All Bonanza through
King Air Models
BIGGS AIRCRAFT
Phone: 405-258-2965
Fax: 405-258-3016
www.biggsaircraft.com
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Location: Central Oklahoma
Certified Repair Station #BA2R709K
On February 22, 1984, the last
V-tailed Bonanza, a 1982 V35B, s/n
D-10403, departed Beech field in
Wichita, Kansas. The N-number,
N3735B, represents thirty-seven years
of the Model 35 Bonanza. This fine
aircraft is now owned by museum life
member Mike Burris of Victoria, Texas.
Last spring, with his grandson
attending Space Camp at the nearby
Huntsville Space and Rocket Center,
Mike stopped by for a short visit.
He asked if I thought the museum
should have the last Model 35 on
display. Obviously, my answer was
an immediate yes.
With it being Bonanza’s 65th anniversary
that year, the first thought
was to fly the airplane to the EAA
convention in July. Unfortunately, a
dis covery during the annual inspec -
tion interfered. Severe corrosion was
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