Two first for me this past Thursday

[airboatr]

first flight in a V35B Beechcraft Bonanza and the first time I had an .. get this ....
eighty year old pilot!!! , one of the best landings too.






Believe this or not . that plane was flown to France.

[Garry Russell]

Nice one Joe

He's just alittle older than my mother :o

Garry

[DaveB]

My dad is 4 years older and probably couldn't get into the aircraft.. he certainly couldn't fly it

Nice one Joe. Always liked the V tail ;-)

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[airboatr]

it's my Favorite GA Dave, the V tail
in fact it was the first model I bought for FS9.

[Nigel H-J]

Brilliant Jo, please to hear that you had a good flight.

Regards
Nigel.

[cstorey]

Some 30+ years ago I had a half share in a V35 Bonanza, G-APVW , and although we went all over Europe in it , it was a bit of a pig to fly in turbulence, particularly in IMC , and in the end we put a 3 axis autopilot in. The problem is that the V tail compromises both pitch and yaw control, and there was always a tendency both to porpoise and fishtail . Nonetheless, a lovely and rather gentlemanly aeroplane

[airboatr]

well we felt some of that today,Sir ..slightly yesterday really, hope these bring back some good memories
flew with Vinnie and Dave, Dave is a CFII. Vinnie is up for his IFR again,. we flew to PHK ((Pahokee, FL ))
went to lunch and flew back, here are a few shots, I'm working on a flight video that will give ya'll a good look at the area here.



preflight





Lake Okeechobee





Looking to the West '..... it's a big lake




to the east





KPHK ahead

[cstorey]

Yes, happy memories ( although we didn't have tip tanks) . Can't quite see in the pics, but did the aeroplane you went in have the "handover" control column, whereby you pulled a lever and sent the wheel over to the rhs? Thanks for some great pics

Chris

[airboatr]

yes It has the swing yoke control Chris,



so that means he'll be using another plane for his VFR test. ;-)