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OSHKOSH, WIS. – Beechcraft owners,<br />
pilots and admirers of all types<br />
made it a point to join Hawker<br />
Beechcraft Corporation at this year’s<br />
EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis.,<br />
EAA AIRVENTURE - OSHKOSH<br />
Beechcraft Celebrates Heritage At AirVenture<br />
Among those who attended the Hawker Beechcraft “Beech Party” at EAA AirVenture-<br />
Oshkosh, July 22, in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Bonanza, and the 75th anniversary<br />
of Beechcraft, was (L/R) John Parrish of the Beechcraft Heritage Museum (BHM); EAA<br />
President Tom Poberezny; BHM President Michael Greenblatt; and Harold Bost, president of the<br />
Bonanza Museum.<br />
Poberezny said, “Beechcraft has had a tremendous impact on aviation’s heritage, and EAA<br />
would be happy to support this (fly-in) event each year.”<br />
Displayed in the background is the oldest Bonanza still flying (NC80418) – a 1947 S35 V-tail<br />
Bonanza – which sold new for $7,975. The aircraft has been totally restored to original condition,<br />
and is owned by the Beechcraft Heritage Museum, located in Tullahoma, Tenn.<br />
(www.beechcraftheritagemuseum.org). The aircraft is equipped with the original E-165-4, 165 hp<br />
Continental engine, and has a total of 2300 hours on the airframe.<br />
July 23-29. 2007 marks the 60 th<br />
anniversary of the venerable<br />
Beechcraft Bonanza and the 75 th<br />
anniversary of Beechcraft itself.<br />
Hawker Beechcraft celebrated<br />
throughout the show beginning with<br />
the Bonanzas to Oshkosh arrival on<br />
Saturday before the show started.<br />
Over 100 Bonanzas and Barons of all<br />
models make the annual trek from<br />
Rockford, Ill. to Oshkosh. The formation<br />
flight includes representative<br />
Bonanzas from almost every of the 40<br />
models and each of the 60 years the<br />
aircraft has been in production.<br />
Among those airplanes at the front of<br />
the group were a 2007 special-edition<br />
60th anniversary Bonanza G36, and<br />
one of the earliest Bonanzas still flying.<br />
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation<br />
Chairman and CEO Jim Schuster flew<br />
with the group in the special-edition<br />
Bonanza. The 1947 Model 35<br />
Bonanza, serial number D-18, is<br />
owned by the Beechcraft Heritage<br />
Museum in Tullahoma, Tenn. A<br />
superb example of a Bonanza in original<br />
condition, its polished aluminum<br />
skin is reminiscent of an airplane that<br />
would set the standard for which all<br />
other general aviation aircraft would<br />
be compared for the next six decades.<br />
On Sunday afternoon, July 22,<br />
Hawker Beechcraft hosted a “Beech<br />
Party” in the North 40 aircraft parking<br />
area where hundreds of Barons and<br />
Bonanzas were parked. The next day,<br />
Aeroshell Square featured a<br />
Beechcraft Heritage display exhibiting<br />
at least one of each model of aircraft<br />
Beechcraft has built, beginning<br />
with a Beech Model 17 Staggerwing.<br />
The centerpiece of the display was the<br />
1947 Model 35 Bonanza D-18, the<br />
60 th anniversary Bonanza G36 and a<br />
special-edition 75 th anniversary Baron<br />
G58.<br />
A Bonanza 60 th anniversary section<br />
has been created at the Hawker<br />
Beechcraft website at www.hawkerbeechcraft.com.<br />
❑<br />
Beechcraft Heritage<br />
Museum<br />
Tullahoma, Tennessee<br />
info@beechcraftheritagemuseum.org<br />
16 MIDWEST FLYER MAGAZINE OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2007
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