Bonanza Down in AZ

John Doe wrote:
My first thought is WTF is she doing in a Bonanza?

Mine was similar. Seems we're in the minority.

wrote:

John Doe wrote:
My first thought is WTF is she doing in a Bonanza?

Mine was similar. Seems we're in the minority.

What's the problem? I've got very little Bo' time, but it seemed to me
to be the easiest airplane to fly that I'd ever flown--particularly in
the landing phase. Wonderfully harmonized controls.

If you could manage to remember to put the gear up and down, I think a
Bo' would make a dandy trainer (except for the cost, of course). The
Navy certainly thought so for a long time.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

On Sat, 4 Feb 2006 15:17:39 -0600, "Dan Luke"
wrote:

What's the problem? I've got very little Bo' time, but it seemed to me
to be the easiest airplane to fly that I'd ever flown--particularly in
the landing phase. Wonderfully harmonized controls.

If you could manage to remember to put the gear up and down, I think a
Bo' would make a dandy trainer (except for the cost, of course). The
Navy certainly thought so for a long time.

I know a guy that took his PPL 'ride in a Malibu Mirage. Solo'ed in a
7AC though...

TC

John Doe wrote:
My first thought is WTF is she doing in a Bonanza?

unicate wrote:
Mine was similar. Seems we're in the minority.

Dan Luke" wrote:
What's the problem? I've got very little Bo' time, but it seemed to me
to be the easiest airplane to fly that I'd ever flown--particularly in
the landing phase. Wonderfully harmonized controls.

If you could manage to remember to put the gear up and down, I think a
Bo' would make a dandy trainer (except for the cost, of course). The
Navy certainly thought so for a long time.

I'm a huge Bonanza fan. I don't have any PIC time, but a friend has a
gorgeous BE33. I've been his passenger on many flights and safety pilot
a few times. ICAM about it being a wonderful airplane. But it's very
fast compared to airplanes that are more typically used as primary
trainers. Can it be done? Yes, of course. If anything out of the
ordinary happens, however, or if a 40-hr solo pilot (or ANY pilot for
that matter) gets confused or distracted, they could get behind the
airplane VERY quickly in a Bo. Add the add'l tasks associated with a
complex aircraft to the mix and someone could be in big trouble a lot
faster than in a Cherokee or a C172. I know that's part of the training,
but things just happen very fast in that airplane. *Just my opinion.*

Is that anything close to what you were thinking, John Doe?

Can it be done? Yes, of course. If anything out of the
ordinary happens, however, or if a 40-hr solo pilot (or ANY pilot for
that matter) gets confused or distracted, they could get behind the
airplane VERY quickly in a Bo. Add the add'l tasks associated with a
complex aircraft to the mix and someone could be in big trouble a lot
faster than in a Cherokee or a C172. I know that's part of the training,
but things just happen very fast in that airplane. *Just my opinion.*

Put the landing gear down and you have a fixed gear airplane.
Push the mixture and prop levers forward and you have a non-high
performance engine.
The only difference from other airplanes on the Bonanza and Baron is the
fuel pump. Turn the fuel pump on when the engine driven pump is
operating and the engine will flood.