I love old airplanes bought back to life to fly again and be useful- fun to watch Good job on the narrative and the flashes of the new upgrades for avionics. The best video for me being an old aircraft mechanic - aerospace engineer-
The reason was all the customers that purchased one in the early years complained only about one thing. The engine ran a little rough, until they started swapping nozzles and it made a ton of difference !!!
VERY NICE airplane and video Sir ! I'm so grateful for the Beech family making the employees flying club available, as when I became a cfii, mei I was able to fly 5 different ones of the A-36, and most were exactly as this one is !
A-36 Bonanza, the combination of Rolls Royce and Corvette in a single-engine recip airplane. It's all about the handling and quality. I'm former Air Force pilot and have owned a 84 A-36. It was a great airplane and a wonderful experience. Had all the same instruments, but it was before the modern avionics. RNAV was the upgrade.
Oh that engine sound at 1:33 was pretty nice. There are a couple of A36s that fly over my place and I can recognize them by sound now. Your opening and video production is getting better all the time.
Ice. Opening to video was really good. Darn nice airplane. Outta my price range to just fly around but I appreciate this older bird. I'd leave the avionics.
Forgot to mention, but I'm sure you probably know, that "book" is a FN airplane without all the extra antennas hanging on it and of course no GoPros externally. Take those off, and you'd be at exactly book. There's also aero cleanup beyond just gap seals that can be done to help if you want better than book too, but most don't want to spend the money; beacon, spinner-to-cowl is one, and there are others, and weight matters too.
Gorgeous. I trained on a panel like that and I'd keep it and fly it until failure or obsolescence. Now let me go knock over a bank and I'll be in touch about purchase... Thanks Rich for another great one 🤙🏼
Hey Rich, love all your videos. I appreciate how you breakdown each video by segments. Super helpful, engaging and educational. Maybe someday I'll fly a bonanza and even own one just like this! 😀
It was especially interesting to me when one of the engineers told me they started in the early years to match fuel injector nozzles to each cylinder for the least vibration and they always ran like a sewing machine !!
I love that panel, it’s clean and uncluttered. It has everything you actually need and nothing you don’t. I wouldn’t change a thing, I could fly that panel all day long and be perfectly happy. Make sure you scope the cylinders to check for scoring. If they’re not scored and it isn’t making metal or burning oil and your compressions are in the 77’s all the way around, you should be golden. Probably worst case scenario is a fresh top end for all six cylinders.. It’s a very nice clean example and it’ll sell quickly
Either this Bonanza isn't on your website yet or it's already sold. I wouldn't be surprised if someone called you 3 minutes into your video to buy it! I flew a 1979 A36 Bonanza with the Palm Springs Aviators a few years ago before we moved to Florida. A great group of guys btw.. I fell in love with the tank like build quality of it!
I just bought into a 1994 Saratoga II HP that was only flown about 20-30 hours a year over the past 10 years (it has 2800 hours now) but was professionally maintained and hangered. We have now flown it about 100 hours in the past 6 months. It goes for its annual next week. We have changed the oil at least twice since January 2022 and completed a few ADs. About to put a Garmin GTX345 in it. It has two 430s and an S-Tec 55 AP. Lovely aircraft that trues out at 155 knots at 23"/2300 rpm.
@@FlyingwithRich Love the Saratogas! I had a 1984 Turbo Saratoga (straight leg) before but stopped flying in 2005. It’s so great to be back into aviation, and I love your channel!
It would be great if you listed your favorite airplanes (in no particular order). Having flown just about everything on the planet, it would be informative. Your Piper list is very light however, which is interesting in itself.
Hey Rich, just ran across this video and couldn't agree more with your thoughts on these later model pre G1000 Bonanzas. I want to thank you for your advice from back during the summer of 2000 when we talked about what to look for in an A36. I took your advice that fall and closed on a 2100 hour '97 A36. Since then I've done a mild panel update with a GTN 750xi, a GI-275 to replace the KI-256 AI, a GNC-225 nav/com and a GTX-345. The original KFC-150 AP works great with the 275, and I was able to gain about 25 lbs of useful load with this update and by getting rid of the instrument pressure pumps. Hope you are doing well with your new business venture and maybe we can get together on one of my LA trips. I owe you a lunch for your advice!! -Bryan V
@@FlyingwithRich I remember back in 1984 when the new model came out with the 300 HP Continental IO-550. I worked at Ryan Aviation at the airport here in Wichita from 1984 to 1986 and got to ride in one. I think that was the term I used even back then to describe it.
Sweet lookin Bonanza. So just out of curiosity...roughly...how much would that avionics upgrade cost? Would be great to see the follow on video with the upgrade completed. Great video, Rich.
Looking for a Bonanza... What is the useful load? Fuel capacity? Turbo-normalized or no? I have a 1979 Piper Dakota with all new panel and 1,150 lbs useful load, but that extra space of 6 seater would be nice.
I have to say, it was a great presentation Rich, however, the price you guys are asking, it's out of the ballpark. In my opinion it's over priced. Great aircraft!
Rich, you're killing me! What I wouldn't give... for that A-36 to be mine, while you had what you really wanted. I've got a few hundred hours in a V-35B, not much A-36 time, MOF, last time I flew an A-36 was in the mid-70s, from Tri-City (San Bernardino airport on 3 mile final for Norton - no longer exists) to LAX and back. I was in the right seat flying, and the left seat was occupied by one of my very best friends, aviation legend Evelyn "Pinky" Brier. Our trip number was, "Pinky 1." (Google her name and stand by for a shock. They don't make them like her any more). As for the avionics in this plane... what's the problem? Us 'old timers' call our 'airborne computers' a Jeppeson E-6B Slide-graphic Computer, (Ever flown an Adcock radio range approach? I did... once). OK, my friend, thanks again for this trip down Memory Lane!
For some reason I’ve always liked the landing gear on a Bonanza. It’s sturdy and quick. Nice clean plane. If I was gonna buy it I would keep the current avionics. Nice competent instruments. The new glass is nice but it’s a never ending chase down the upgrade rabbit hole. Not worth the cost.
Looking at the spec sheet I see that this is the most efficient IO550B on the planet! 😉 Sweet Bonanza. I’d be perfectly comfortable flying IFR with this panel with the addition of a gtn750 and swapping the location of the G5 and original AI.
