Beechcraft Twin Bonanza

The Beechcraft Model 50 Twin Bonanza (or Beech 50 Twin Bonanza ) is a twin-engined transport and business aircraft from the American manufacturer Beechcraft. As models, the Travel Air twin-engine and the single-engine Bonanza served.

History

The Bonanza from 1947 is one of the most successful commercial aircraft in the world. Beechcraft decided, in addition to bringing a twin-engine variant of the market. In fact, the Twin Bonanza equivalent but rather the Travel Air and later the Baron.

The first flight of the Model 50 took place on December 15, 1949 held the type certificate was made in 1952. Subsequently, first the transport version L -23 for the U.S. Army was built. The then offered variant for business was the first aircraft in its class on the market. By the end of production 1961 729 copies were built, most for the military. The U.S. Army used the model until 1992.

The Twin Bonanza was the direct predecessor of the Queen Air and King Air All three aircraft have nearly identical wings, chassis and other components on. The Queen Air has a larger cabin, the King Air has received more powerful engines.

Technical design

The structure consisted of a cantilevered wing on the engine nacelles were also fixed. As their profile at the wing root, a NACA 23014.1, at the wing tip a NACA 23012 used. The stretching was 7,51:1 at a chord length of 1.99 m. The angle of incidence at the wing root was 5.8 °, 1 ° at the top. The dihedral was 7 °. The wings were made ​​with a two-piece wing box made ​​of metal and also wore the slotted flaps and ailerons. In the land also, the tanks were with 2x166 and 2x87 liters. The tail unit was self-supporting manufactured from aluminum and mounted conventionally. Heights and rudder were planked with magnesium sheet. The fuselage was performed semi- self-supporting metal construction with countersunk rivets. The main landing gear was retracted forward into the engine nacelles, with the wheels partially remained in the air stream. Nose and main landing gear were electrically operated. There were used single disc with hydraulic actuation. The nose wheel was steerable.

The cabin could accommodate 5-6 people and two luggage compartments. The cabin was heated and ventilated and sound attenuated.

Versions

Civil aircraft

Military Aircraft

Military user

  • Chile Chile
  • Jordan Jordan
  • Colombia Colombia
  • Pakistan Pakistan
  • Switzerland Switzerland
  • United States United States

Specifications (Model E50)

Others

The Belgian cabaret singer Jacques Brel had a Twin Bonanza, Model D50, with which he flew to the island in the South Pacific island. His tomb is located on the island of Hiva Oa, where his plane after it has been restored and is on display along with photos and other documents in a hangar built in 2003 Atuona.

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