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APRIL 2021 • VOLUME TWENTY-ONE • NUMBER 4 AMERICAN BONANZA SOCIETY The Official Publication for Bonanza, Debonair, Baron & Travel Air Operators and Enthusiasts Supporting ABS… Supporting YOU “I’ve been a member of the American Bonanza Society for over 25 years, and served on the ABS Board of Directors for six years. I support ABS because of all it does for the Beechcraft community. Falcon Insurance Agency provides me with outstanding representation for my aircraft insurance requirements. Additionally, no other insurance supplier goes that extra mile to support the ABS. We all have many choices in aviation insurance providers, but because of the many benefits made possible by for single engine aircraft – to major airports – and everything in between this generous support, I choose Falcon Insurance as my insurance partner.” Paul Damiano past ABS President If you’d like to learn how Falcon Insurance can help you, Falcon Insurance Agency please call 1-800-259-4ABS, or visit http:/falcon.villagepress is the Insurance Program Manager for the ABS Insurance Program .com/promo/signup to obtain your free quote. When you do, we’ll make a $5 donation to ABS’ Air Safety Foundation. Falcon2 Insurance Agency • P.O. Box 291388, Kerrville,AMERICAN TX BONANZA 78029 SOCIETY • www.falconinsurance.com • Phone: 1-800-259-4227April 2021 April 2021 CONTENTS AMERICA N BONANZA SOCIETY 2 President's Comments: Missed Opportunity April 2021 • Volume 21 • Number 4 By Paul Lilly ABS Executive Director J. Whitney Hickman 4 Operations ABS-ASF Executive Director & Editor By J. Whitney Hickman and Thomas P. Turner Thomas P. Turner Associate Editor George Brown Managing Editor Jillian LaCross Technical Review Committee Tom Rosen, Stuart Spindel, Bob Butt, OWNERSHIP/MAINTENANCE and the ABS Technical Advisors Graphic Design 12 Beechcraft of the Month: Rachel Coon Best of the Old, Best of the New Printer 1961 N35 N1389Z (D-6814) Village Press, Traverse City, Michigan By Ron and Catherine Bindas American Bonanza Society magazine (ISSN 1538- 9960) is published monthly by the American Bonanza 20 Fuel Selector: You Never Know Society (ABS), 3595 N Webb Rd Ste 200, Wichita, KS 67226-8192. The price of a yearly subscription What You Will Find is included in the annual dues of Society members. By Craig Bailey Periodicals postage paid at Wichita, Kansas, and at additional mailing offices. No part of this publication may be reprinted 22 Keeping up with the Pack: or duplicated without the written permission of the Executive Director. Remedies for Poor Aircraft The Society and Publisher cannot accept Performance responsibility for the correctness or accuracy of the matters printed herein or for any opinions By Geary Keilman expressed. Opinions of the Editor or contributors do not necessarily represent the position of the Society. 48 My Engine Failure Articles or other materials by and about organizations other than ABS are printed in the American Bonanza By John Renquist Society magazine as a courtesy and member service. Except as expressly stated, their appearance in this magazine does not constitute an endorsement 53 Insurance: Members by ABS of the products, services or events of Have Questions such organization. Publisher reserves the right to reject any material submitted for publication. By Barry Dowlen Membership Dues: DEPARTMENTS • One Year Domestic (US/Canada/Mexico) – $85 (USD) 62 Control Cable AD Follow-Up • Two Year Domestic (US/Canada/Mexico) – $150 (USD) By W Tim Miller 10 Welcome New Members • Three Year Domestic (US/Canada/Mexico) – $200 (USD) • Digital One Year (US/International) – $85 (USD) • Digital Two Year (US/International) – $150 (USD) 30 Member News • Digital Three Year (US/International) – $200 (USD) • One Year International - $125 (USD) FLYING 46 GA News • Two Year International– $230 (USD) • Three Year International– $320 (USD) 18 Angel Flight in a Bonanza 51 ABS Aviators • Additional Family Members – $45 each By Greg Falkenthal • Life membership – $1400 51 Surly Bonds Contact ABS Headquarters for details. 24 BPPP: The Magic of GPSS Postmaster: Send address changes to 51 Life Membership American Bonanza Society magazine, By Kevin Crozier 3595 N. Webb Road Suite 200, 52 Beechcraft History Wichita, KS 67226-8192. © Copyright 2019. 32 Baron and Travel Air: Send Articles/Letters To: American Bonanza Society Firewall Forward Flexible 66 Tech Tips Magazine Publication Office, 3595 N. Webb Road Suite Hose Installation 200, Wichita, KS 67226-8192, Tel: 316-945-1700, Fax: 71 New ABS Technical Advisor 316-945-1710, E-mail: [email protected], Website: By George Brown http://www.bonanza.org. Please note: Copy & photos submitted for publication become the property of the 36 48 Compleat 72 New BPPP Instructor Society and shall not be returned. Articles submitted with pictures receive publication preference. By L. Dennis Shapiro 74 Classified Ads 56 Command Pilot: Can You Feel It? The American Bonanza Society serves Beechcraft 78 ABS Board enthusiasts by sharing valuable safety, technical, and By Thomas P. Turner educational resources, and by promoting interaction 79 Event Calendar among and advocacy on behalf of its members. 60 Who’s Flying the Airplane? By Mathew J. Schaub 80 Display Advertising Index Volume 21 • Number 4 AMERICAN BONANZA SOCIETY 1 PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS AMERICA N BONANZA SOCIETY By Paul Lilly ABS exists to promote aviation safety and flying enjoyment through education and information-sharing among owners and operators of Bonanzas, Barons, Debonairs and Travel Airs throughout the world. Missed Opportunity www.bonanza.org 3595 N Webb Rd Ste 200, Wichita, KS 67226-8192 Tel: 316-945-1700 • Fax 316-945-1710 e-mail: [email protected] Office Hours: Monday thru Friday; 8:30 am – 5:00 pm ikely we have all looked back, and wish we would have acted on an (Central Time) opportunity but had, at the time, procrastinated until the opportunity was ABS Executive Director no longer there. J. Whitney Hickman, [email protected] L ABS-ASF Executive Director I have shared my passion of flying with many people over the years, and many have Thomas P. Turner, [email protected] shared theirs with me. I can’t remember them all, but what I can remember clearly is one opportunity to share that never happened. Technical Questions Several years ago, I had a hangar at Martin State Airport (KMTN) near Baltimore, [email protected] or 316-945-1700 Maryland, to house an RV9 I had recently built. The hangar was located in an area BPPP Questions called Strawberry Point, at the opposite end of the runway from the FBO and the [email protected] or 316-945-1700 hustle and bustle of operations. The small collection of hangars was just feet from Membership and Events the Chesapeake Bay and the approach end of Runway 33. Strawberry Point originally [email protected] existed to support a seaplane base, which is no longer there. Choosing a hangar in ABS Pilot Shop this area was more about having peace and quiet with a water view, as opposed to www.bonanza.org/store services nearly a mile away. I had chosen a hangar in the area to spend quality time fiddling with my RV9. Membership Services Being a new tenant at Strawberry Point, I frequently drove around the other hangars • Monthly ABS Magazine to see what my neighbors were doing. On nice days many of them would have their • Technical Advice and Parts Sourcing doors open, going about whatever they had planned for that day. One hangar in par- • Beechcraft Specific Pilot Training ticular had a man sitting in a lawn chair in front of his Piper Cherokee. Next to him was • Special Members-Only Website Content another chair, empty, that I assumed was waiting for his friend who would soon return • Aircraft Inspection Program with coffee. His view from his hangar faced southeast, the best seat in the house for • Beechcraft Maintenance Guides, viewing arrivals and departures over the sailboats on Chesapeake Bay. I would wave DVDs, Merchandise and Apparel • ABS Fly-Ins & Events while I drove past, and he always waved back. • Aircraft Prepurchase Assistance Over the next several weeks, on any given day, different hangar doors were open • Mechanic & Flight Instructor Training or closed, but this one with the lone man in front of his Cherokee was almost always • Regional Societies open. Over time I noticed no one was ever in the chair next to him. Then it dawned • Aircraft Insurance Program on me. I had never seen this airplane pulled out of the hangar. For whatever reason • Professionally Staffed Headquarters this guy no longer flew his airplane, but still wanted to be near it, and loved watching others arriving and departing over the bay. He spent his days watching people do what he no longer could. And that empty chair, it was now obvious that it was an invita- 2 AMERICAN BONANZA SOCIETY April 2021 tion for someone to join him and share stories. I decided I would visit him soon, sit in that chair, listen to his stories, and tell him mine. I never did visit with him. A few weeks later I saw the hangar door was closed, and never saw it open again. I don’t know what happened to him. I was upset with myself for not taking the opportunity sooner to visit. We could have enriched each other's lives by sharing our experi- ences, and how we got to where we were in our lives. To this day I feel sad every time I think about it. I feel sad for the guy sitting alone watching, but also waiting. And I feel sad for the opportunity the empty chair offered to fellow aviators, but was never taken. I am sharing this story in hopes we will all think twice and take advantage of a mo- ment to share before that moment is gone.