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Absolutely. Just the GST payable on a new or near new Bonanza would come close to what I have spent over the last 3 years.
Its not cheaper than buying another Bonanza of similar vintage and just hoping its not suffering similar corrosion issues - but that would be just stupid. Maybe if I was facing the same decision today as I was 3 years ago, and with the hindsight of the GFC, I might decide differently but that is not the way life works.
And this is more fun.
Some examples of mates aeroplanes that have had restorations EVERY BIT as extensive as EZU is getting.
ALL could have gone out and bought the same type of aeroplane for less money than they spent restoring their aircraft - but they would not have ended up with better examples of said aircraft.
Its not cheaper than buying another Bonanza of similar vintage and just hoping its not suffering similar corrosion issues - but that would be just stupid. Maybe if I was facing the same decision today as I was 3 years ago, and with the hindsight of the GFC, I might decide differently but that is not the way life works.
And this is more fun.
Some examples of mates aeroplanes that have had restorations EVERY BIT as extensive as EZU is getting.
ALL could have gone out and bought the same type of aeroplane for less money than they spent restoring their aircraft - but they would not have ended up with better examples of said aircraft.
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Just kidding mate! 
It DOES look like fun and has the added advantage that you will know exactly what state the machine and its parts are in! It will have the personal touch and attatchment that entails. It would be heartless to sell it...
I would say an F33C Bonanza I used to fly was probably one of the finest 'pilots aeroplane' I ever flew.
Those other restored aircraft look first class!
It DOES look like fun and has the added advantage that you will know exactly what state the machine and its parts are in! It will have the personal touch and attatchment that entails. It would be heartless to sell it...I would say an F33C Bonanza I used to fly was probably one of the finest 'pilots aeroplane' I ever flew.
Those other restored aircraft look first class!
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Actually no, only the V35A! It was nice too but my personal preference was for the F33C out of the two.
However I'm not sure if I should have said that with you around... 
However I'm not sure if I should have said that with you around...
It was nice too but my personal preference was for the F33C out of the two
Apart from that I don't think you can tell them apart unless you look back at the tail.
Of course we know the V35B is just more sexy!
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FTDK, is there something wrong with the rudder in yer aircraft ? watching the first minute of your vid made me feel a little queasy with all that left right left movement...
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FTDK, is there something wrong with the rudder in yer aircraft ?
I had to bend the horizontal stabs up so that I could control the thing!
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Seems he should have put a Vert stab and rudder back on.
YTEM RWY05 with all the lighter a/c using 09 due to a 15+ knot wind from the ESE
Retard Vehicle seemed to cope all right despite the pilot flying!
YTEM RWY05 with all the lighter a/c using 09 due to a 15+ knot wind from the ESE
Retard Vehicle seemed to cope all right despite the pilot flying!
Walk the line at CS and you will be saddened at how many of those aircraft the DR went past are in disrepair. But there are a few highlights at the other end of the scale.
'Is GA dead in Australia?
Not if the last couple of minutes of this video is anything to go by!'
Lot of aircraft not in the air there...
A couple of hundred metres south of that 'car park' you would have filmed a large container housing the remnants of a GA institution and some once familiar aircraft being prepared to leave Cairns for good.
GA as we know it is dying.
Not if the last couple of minutes of this video is anything to go by!'
Lot of aircraft not in the air there...
A couple of hundred metres south of that 'car park' you would have filmed a large container housing the remnants of a GA institution and some once familiar aircraft being prepared to leave Cairns for good.
GA as we know it is dying.
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G.A. is changing.
Who charters a six seat VFR Baron these days? Even an IFR one?
G.A. is now Fly Yourself in a 120 knot glass cockpit Jabiru for a crosscountry flight, or a Savanna running on car motorspirit for flights around the 'Patch' on RAA registration.
Niche operations in larger aircraft are few and far between.
Who charters a six seat VFR Baron these days? Even an IFR one?
G.A. is now Fly Yourself in a 120 knot glass cockpit Jabiru for a crosscountry flight, or a Savanna running on car motorspirit for flights around the 'Patch' on RAA registration.
Niche operations in larger aircraft are few and far between.
Jaba, your GPS antenna(?) is so excited at being on an RV, it's jumping for joy!
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That isn't a GPS aerial its a little fairing - covers the 'piano hinge' wires that hold the cowling in place - you remove the fairing and then pull the wires to remove the upper cowl.
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Well spotted Andy RR
Its a patented device that looks remarkably like a Garmin GPS antenna.......but its not!
Its a cover for the cowl pins that would otherwise poke up in the air and move around, or be removed easily by folk with fiddly fingers!
I have just compared that video with others and it seems at takeoff power it does vibrate around a little. Cruise and less power its not moving at all.
Its just excited to see you!
Its a patented device that looks remarkably like a Garmin GPS antenna.......but its not!
Its a cover for the cowl pins that would otherwise poke up in the air and move around, or be removed easily by folk with fiddly fingers!
I have just compared that video with others and it seems at takeoff power it does vibrate around a little. Cruise and less power its not moving at all.
Its just excited to see you!
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Aub, who hangars his home brewed RV-6a in with my Bird, has those piano hinge wires on his cowl too, only they insert from the front. When I first saw him putting them back in, it reminded me of an A.I. Techy - but he was approaching the subject from the opposite end.. 