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HISTORY OF THE
BEECHCRAFT BONANZA
The Beechcraft Bonanza
is an American general aviation aircraft introduced in 1947 by Beech Aircraft
Corporation of Wichita, Kansas. The six-seater, single-engined aircraft is
still being produced by Beechcraft and has been in continuous production longer
than any other airplane in history. More than 17,000 Bonanzas of all variants
have been built, produced in both distinctive V-tail and conventional tail
configurations.
At the end of World War
II, two all-metal light aircraft emerged, the Model 35 Bonanza and the Cessna
195, that represented very different approaches to the premium end of the
postwar civil-aviation market. With its high-wing, seven-cylinder radial
engine, fixed tailwheel undercarriage, and roll-down side windows, the Cessna
195 was little more than a continuation of prewar technology; the 35 Bonanza, however,
was more like the fighters developed during the war, featuring an
easier-to-manage, horizontally opposed, six-cylinder engine, a rakishly
streamlined shape, retractable tricycle undercarriage (although the nosewheel
initially was not steerable, but castering) and low-wing configuration.
Designed by a team led
by Ralph Harmon, the model 35 Bonanza was a relatively fast, low-wing monoplane
at a time when most light aircraft were still made of wood and fabric. The
Model 35 featured retractable landing gear, and its signature V-tail (equipped
with combination elevator-rudders called "ruddervators"), which made
it both efficient and the most distinctive private aircraft in the sky. The
prototype 35 Bonanza made its first flight on December 22, 1945, with the first
production aircraft debuting as 1947 models. The first 30–40 Bonanzas produced
had fabric-covered flaps and ailerons, after which those surfaces were covered
with magnesium alloy sheet.
Three major variants
eventually comprised the Bonanza family:
Model 35 Bonanza
(1947–1982; V-tail)
Model 33 Debonair
(1959–1995; later renamed Bonanza, a Model 35 with a conventional tail)
Model 36 Bonanza
(1968–present; a stretched Model 33)
The ICAO aircraft type
designators for the three variants are BE35, BE33, and BE36 respectively.
The basic Bonanza
fuselage was used for the twin-engined Travel Air, which was later developed
into the Baron. Despite its name, the Twin Bonanza uses a different fuselage
and is mostly dissimilar to the single-engined Bonanza.
All Bonanzas share an
unusual feature: The yoke and rudder pedals are interconnected by a system of
bungee cords that assist in keeping the airplane in coordinated flight during
turns. The bungee system allows the pilot to make coordinated turns using the yoke
alone, or with minimal rudder input, during cruise flight. Increased
right-rudder pressure is still required on takeoff to overcome engine torque
and P-factor. In the landing phase, the bungee system must be overridden by the
pilot when making crosswind landings, which require cross-controlled inputs to
keep the nose of the airplane aligned with the runway centerline without
drifting left or right. This feature started with the V-tail and persists on
the current production model.