Bonanza on Poles
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Bonanza on Poles
Driving along the New England highway recently I came across a Bonanza on poles in a paddock at Wyberba, a district south of Stanthorpe Qld. There was no signage, nor can I find any references on Google. Anybody got any clues about it?
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I stopped the first time that I saw it in the middle of the paddock, March 2012. The concrete pad was then very new and an East-West grass airstrip was mown on the Northern side. The aircraft was registered VH-CCA and disappeared from the register around 1997. It's a Beech C35 Bonanza, S/No D-3023 and was last registered to G. Pike, PO Box 372, Collie, W.A. 6225.
I last saw it in August and the four cylinder engine sized prop was spinning in the breeze as I drove past.
Like you, I'd love to know the story as someone has spent a fair bit of money to place it there.
I stopped the first time that I saw it in the middle of the paddock, March 2012. The concrete pad was then very new and an East-West grass airstrip was mown on the Northern side. The aircraft was registered VH-CCA and disappeared from the register around 1997. It's a Beech C35 Bonanza, S/No D-3023 and was last registered to G. Pike, PO Box 372, Collie, W.A. 6225.
I last saw it in August and the four cylinder engine sized prop was spinning in the breeze as I drove past.
Like you, I'd love to know the story as someone has spent a fair bit of money to place it there.
Last edited by gerry111; 9th Oct 2014 at 11:45. Reason: March 2012, not 2011.
Well, you can either stick them on poles or give them away to RV pilots...
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Thanks gerry111. All good gen. I though the Bonanza buffs would know all about this.
Turns out that I flew VH-CCA a bit back in the 1960s. An all electric airplane, wheels, flaps and prop. The selection of climb RPM after take off was always a heart stopping moment as the RPM dropped abruptly.
At least CCA did not kill any Doctors.
Turns out that I flew VH-CCA a bit back in the 1960s. An all electric airplane, wheels, flaps and prop. The selection of climb RPM after take off was always a heart stopping moment as the RPM dropped abruptly.
At least CCA did not kill any Doctors.
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There's another one down that way somewhere on the way to Armidale, in the middle of a paddock in the middle of nowhere - on a stick. The cracker is what looks like a mini Egyptian pyramid behind it, not so mini - pretty darn big really. But that was at 100 or so clicks during the commute to New England.......... Might have been a UFO as well.
