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Mitchell Holman wrote:
Orval Fairbairn wrote in news
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In article ,
Mitchell Holman wrote:
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YES! Finally a G-Model! This was the last model )postwar) built and is
highly-prized!
Makes you wonder why they do not resume production.
They would be bound to sell pretty well..........
The story is that Beech had a cadre of woodworkers left at the end of
WW-II and decided to put them to work until their more modern stuff came
on line (the Bonanza and its derivatives). The Model 17 was a far more
complex design and far more expensive to build, operate and maintain.
The steel tube fuselage frame was heat-treated after welding, for
instance. Manufacture required several skills to maintain in-house:
welding, heat treating, woodworking, dope and fabric, in addition to
metal work.