Roger Halstead wrote:

OTOH Frank's 49 makes my 59 look positively modern.

Uh, well mine doesn't *exactly* look like a museum piece (any reputable
museum at least *washes* their plane occaisonally ;-)

On the other hand, the fellow who owns Cannon avionics at Arlington, WA
has a A35 which is a few hundred serial numbers newer than mine. I saw it
for the first time this weekend, during the airshow. Walking past it I
was going to disregard it as one of the newer models, probably a N or a P.
Wasn't until I noticed the landing lights that I realized it was an
earlier model. Wasn't until I read the data plate I realized it was a
massivly modified A model. Long side windows, speed sloped winshield,
fully modern panel (complete with avionics worth more than my plane),
extended baggage area. It also no longer had an E-series engine it it,
although I don't know exactly what it did have.

It looked *WAY* more modern than some inverted t-tail thing from 1959 ;-)

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Frank Stutzman
Bonanza N494B "Hula Girl"
Hood River, OR