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OSHKOSH, WIS. – Beechcraft owners, pilots and admirers of all types made it a point to join Hawker Beechcraft Corporation at this year’s EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., EAA AIRVENTURE - OSHKOSH Beechcraft Celebrates Heritage At AirVenture Among those who attended the Hawker Beechcraft “Beech Party” at EAA AirVenture- Oshkosh, July 22, in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Bonanza, and the 75th anniversary of Beechcraft, was (L/R) John Parrish of the Beechcraft Heritage Museum (BHM); EAA President Tom Poberezny; BHM President Michael Greenblatt; and Harold Bost, president of the Bonanza Museum. Poberezny said, “Beechcraft has had a tremendous impact on aviation’s heritage, and EAA would be happy to support this (fly-in) event each year.” Displayed in the background is the oldest Bonanza still flying (NC80418) – a 1947 S35 V-tail Bonanza – which sold new for $7,975. The aircraft has been totally restored to original condition, and is owned by the Beechcraft Heritage Museum, located in Tullahoma, Tenn. (www.beechcraftheritagemuseum.org). The aircraft is equipped with the original E-165-4, 165 hp Continental engine, and has a total of 2300 hours on the airframe. July 23-29. 2007 marks the 60 th anniversary of the venerable Beechcraft Bonanza and the 75 th anniversary of Beechcraft itself. Hawker Beechcraft celebrated throughout the show beginning with the Bonanzas to Oshkosh arrival on Saturday before the show started. Over 100 Bonanzas and Barons of all models make the annual trek from Rockford, Ill. to Oshkosh. The formation flight includes representative Bonanzas from almost every of the 40 models and each of the 60 years the aircraft has been in production. Among those airplanes at the front of the group were a 2007 special-edition 60th anniversary Bonanza G36, and one of the earliest Bonanzas still flying. Hawker Beechcraft Corporation Chairman and CEO Jim Schuster flew with the group in the special-edition Bonanza. The 1947 Model 35 Bonanza, serial number D-18, is owned by the Beechcraft Heritage Museum in Tullahoma, Tenn. A superb example of a Bonanza in original condition, its polished aluminum skin is reminiscent of an airplane that would set the standard for which all other general aviation aircraft would be compared for the next six decades. On Sunday afternoon, July 22, Hawker Beechcraft hosted a “Beech Party” in the North 40 aircraft parking area where hundreds of Barons and Bonanzas were parked. The next day, Aeroshell Square featured a Beechcraft Heritage display exhibiting at least one of each model of aircraft Beechcraft has built, beginning with a Beech Model 17 Staggerwing. The centerpiece of the display was the 1947 Model 35 Bonanza D-18, the 60 th anniversary Bonanza G36 and a special-edition 75 th anniversary Baron G58. A Bonanza 60 th anniversary section has been created at the Hawker Beechcraft website at www.hawkerbeechcraft.com. ❑ Beechcraft Heritage Museum Tullahoma, Tennessee info@beechcraftheritagemuseum.org 16 MIDWEST FLYER MAGAZINE OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2007
Every July for the last three years, residents of Marinette, Wisconsin and Menominee, Michigan, are treated to the glorious sight of Beechcraft T-34 Mentors flying in formation, beginning on the Friday before EAA AirVenture opens at Wittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The twin cities of Marinette and Menominee own and jointly administer the airport, hence its name, Twin County Airport. The airport, however, is located in Menominee on the Michigan side of the Menominee River, boundary between northeast Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Twin County Airport is normally pretty sedate, but it wasn’t always that way. During World War II, Menominee was a hub of aviation production, home to the Lloyd Company, which manufactured the fuselage for the Waco CG 14 troop glider, engine mounts for the Curtiss Helldiver, and the front section of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator. The Lloyd Company was part of an array of manufacturers supplying components for the big fourengine bomber, which was assembled at Ford’s Willow Run plant, north of Detroit. There is a model of the milelong assembly line at EAA’s AirVenture Museum. The Mercury Company of Menominee also attempted to capitalize on the war effort with its Mercury BT 120 trainer. Endorsed by no less than aircraft designer/builder, Steve Wittman for whom Wittman Regional Airport is named, the open cockpit, two-place trainer was not awarded a contract by the Army Air Corps. Instead, the Boeing Stearman was selected as the primary trainer. Why would a group of 15 Beechcraft T-34 Mentors, at one time primary trainers for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy, congregate at Twin County Airport? On Sunday, July 22, 2007 – the day before the Oshkosh opener – I asked Dan Thomas, president of the T-34 Association, why the T-34 The Twin County Air Force! by James LaMalfa T-34s opening an airshow at EAA AirVenture 2007, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Menominee MI Aug 07 Ad 7/11/07 2:47 PM Page 1 Association chose Menominee to practice. Thomas was at the formation clinic, flying as a safety pilot in the back seat with some of the newer formation pilots. Thomas: “We like this area. There isn’t a lot of traffic. Pilots can practice over the Bay of Green Bay where the air is calmer than over land, and folks are very friendly here. They come out to the airport and ask us to fly low over town in as big of a formation as we can while blowing air show smoke. If we tried to do that in Land Available! Twin County Airport ★ Menominee, Michigan ★ For Hangar Construction ★ Light Manufacturing ★ Freight Facilities ★ Other Uses... All-weather airport with Jet A & 100LL. Airport accessible to the Great Lakes & major rail systems. Close to recreational areas for fishing & hunting. CONTACT Tony Krysiak - 906-863-8408 EMAIL - twincounty@czwireless.net OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2007 MIDWEST FLYER MAGAZINE 17 Jim LaMalfa
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