A New Way of Flight Training⦠- American Bonanza Society
A New Way of Flight Training⦠- American Bonanza Society
A New Way of Flight Training⦠- American Bonanza Society
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Within seven months N8380N had new paint, a new<br />
interior, two fresh factory reman IO-470 engines (260 HP),<br />
and a new registration number, N52KM. I was flying for<br />
a small Colorado company named AirCell at that time.<br />
It was my goal to begin using my Baron for that work,<br />
and eventually that came to pass. Over the years, N52KM<br />
had a sequence <strong>of</strong> AirCell products installed and went<br />
through the sometimes difficult process<br />
<strong>of</strong> obtaining STCs for the new<br />
equipment. In this phase <strong>of</strong> its working<br />
life, the Baron and I flew all over<br />
the USA and I came to appreciate<br />
the quality and reliability <strong>of</strong> this<br />
Beech design. I don’t think we ever<br />
cancelled a mission because <strong>of</strong> maintenance<br />
issues.<br />
The flight hours for AirCell and for<br />
family trips added up, and by 2005 the<br />
fresh remans installed in 1998 were<br />
ready for replacement. Like every red<br />
blooded B55 owner, I yearned for the<br />
bigger engines and better performance<br />
<strong>of</strong> the 300 HP IO-550 engines <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Colemill conversion. In addition, my<br />
3-blade Hartzell props on the IO-470 engines had an<br />
annoying and expensive recurring AD every 500 hours.<br />
Add in the fact that the field elevation <strong>of</strong> my home air port<br />
in Longmont, Colorado, is 5050 feet, with summer density<br />
altitudes routinely over 8000 feet, and you can see where<br />
this is going. And did I mention that Mary is also a pilot<br />
and only slightly less airplane - enthusiastic than I am<br />
Equipment List<br />
IO-550E Engines (300 HP Continuous, Colemill<br />
conversion)<br />
3-blade Hartzell props<br />
Micro Aerodynamics Vortex Generators<br />
B.A.S. Inc. Shoulder Harnesses<br />
Whelen LED lighting for all external lights: Nav, beacon,<br />
landing and taxi lights<br />
Lord fluid-free nose gear shimmy damper<br />
Norton Radome<br />
Garmin G500 PFD/MFD with Autopilot interface and GPSS<br />
Electronics International MVP-50P Glass Panel Engine<br />
Monitor (2)<br />
Garmin GNS 480 (UPSAT CNX 80) WAAS GPS Navcom<br />
KFC 200 Autopilot<br />
Ryan 9900BX TCAD active traffic system<br />
Shadin Digidata Fuel flow and Air Data system<br />
UPSAT MX20 MFD<br />
UPSAT SL30 Navcom<br />
PS Engineering PMA 7000B Audio Panel/Intercom<br />
Garmin GTX 327 transponder<br />
Bendix/King RDR 160 weather radar<br />
Volume 12 • Number 1 AMERICAN BONANZA SOCIETY 11
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