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Beech 35 Bonanza "Waikiki Beach" (683 words) |
 | Beech Aircraft Corporation sponsored both of these record-breaking flights to demonstrate the efficiency and dependability of its airplane. |
| In 1951 the plane was returned to Beech Aircraft to be refurbished and lent to Congressman Peter F. Mack, Jr., for a worldwide goodwill flight. |
| The Bonanza is regarded as a classic aircraft design of the post-World War II era and is easily identified by its distinctive V-tail. |
| TSGC | Spacecraft Design Archive (4110 words) |
| Beech apparently was aware that the structural margin on the tail was inadequate, because the purpose of the modifications was to increase the strength of the tail. |
| Beech offered to retrofit, free of charge, the very early models with a strengthened wing, but this proved to be almost as expensive to Beech as producing a new airplane, and the company stopped actively encouraging owners to receive the retrofit. |
| Beech's ultimate counter to the charges that their aircraft was unsafe was that it was a high performance aircraft. |
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