The Beechcraft Model 50 Twin Bonanza was designed as an executive transport for the business market and a utility transport for the U.S. Army. Superficially, it resembles the Beechcraft Travel Air, a twin-engine variant of the Twin Bonanza's smaller namesake, the Bonanza. However, the Twin Bonanza was about 50% larger, heaver and more powerful than the Travel Air. The Beech Aircraft Corporation, purchased by Raytheon Aircraft on February 8, 1980, and often known as Beechcraft, is a manufacturer of general aviation and military aircraft, ranging from light single engine aircraft to business jets and light military transports. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... The Beechcraft Travel Air was a twin-engine development of the Beechcraft Bonanza. ... An early model 35 V-tail Bonanza. ...

Development

The single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza is one of the most successful civil aircraft, in production since 1945. It stands to reason that a twin-engine variant would follow. However, the Twin Bonanza is not a variant of the Bonanza. That distinction goes to the Travel Air and the Baron. In fact, if there ever was a true Twin Bonanza (V-tail and all) it was a twin-engine conversion made by Bay Aviation - the Super "V" Bonanza. The Beechcraft Twin Bonanza is half-again the size of the single-engine Bonanza. This is a list of aviation-related events from 1945: Events January January 1 - the Luftwaffe begins targeting Allied airfields in Europe as Operation Bodenplatte February February 13-15 - Allied bombers attack Dresden with incendiary weapons, destroying most of the city and killing some 50,000 people. ... The Beechcraft Travel Air was a twin-engine development of the Beechcraft Bonanza. ... Specifications (B55) General Characteristics Crew: one, pilot Capacity: three passengers Length: 28 ft 0 in (8. ... The V-tail of a Belgian Air Force Fouga Magister In aircraft, a V-tail (sometimes called a butterfly tail) is an unconventional arrangement of the tail control surfaces that replaces the traditional fin and horizontal surfaces with two surfaces set in a V-shaped configuration when viewed from the... Beginning in the late 1940s Bay Aviation (formerly Oakland Aeromotive) produced nine twin-engine conversions of the Beechcraft Bonanza called the Super V Bonanza. ...

In 1952 the Twin Bonanza was produced as a utility transport for the U.S. Army. It was also the first twin-engine aircraft in its class to be offered to the business market. The U.S. Army adopted the Twin Bonanza as the L-23 and it became the largest fixed-wing aircraft in Army operation. This is a list of aviation-related events from 1952: Events January January 5 - Pan Am commences trans-atlantic freight services. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...

Specifications (E50)

General Characteristics

• Crew: one or two pilots
• Capacity: up to five passengers
• Length: 9.61 m (31 ft 6 in)
• Wingspan: 13.78 m (45 ft 3 in)
• Height: 3.51 m (11 ft 6 in)
• Wing area: 25.7 m² (277 ft²)
• Empty: 2,272 kg (5,010 lb)
• Loaded: kg ( lb)
• Maximum takeoff: 2,175 kg (4,796 lb)
• Powerplant: 2x Lycoming GSO-480-B1B6, 236 kW (316 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 366 km/h (229 mph)
• Range: 1,600 km (1,000 miles)
• Service ceiling: 7,500 m (24,606 ft)
• Rate of climb: 492 m/min (1,614 ft/min)
• Wing loading: kg/m² ( lb/ft²)
• Power/Mass: kW/kg ( hp/lb)

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