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NOVEMBER 2019 • VOLUME NINETEEN • NUMBER 11 AMERICAN BONANZA SOCIETY The Official Publication for Bonanza, Debonair, Baron & Travel Air Operators and Enthusiasts Supporting ABS… Supporting YOU “I’ve been insuring with Falcon for years. They always do a great job of shopping the market for me, and their online renewal system makes the process a snap! I love that they are such great supporters of ABS and our Air Safety Foundation too.” for single engine aircraft – toFalcon major airports – and everything inInsurance between Agency Inc. Full Page full color Alway IFC Alway IFC Alway IFC Alway IFC www.falconinsurance.com Howard A. Johnson ABS Past President If you’d like to learn how Falcon Insurance can help you, Falcon Insurance Agency is the please call 1-800-259-4ABS, or visit http://falcon.villagepress preferred affinity partner of the American Bonanza Society .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: 1-800-259-4227November 2019 Contents NOVEMBER 2019 • VOLUME NINETEEN • NUMBER 11 2 President’s Comments: Get Out and Fly AMERICAN By Phil Jossi BONANZA SOCIETY AMERICAN 6 Operations By J. Whitney Hickman, Thomas P. Turner, and Lauren Bayless BONANZA 30 ABS Air Safety Foundation: To Protect Lives and Preserve the Beechcraft Fleet SOCIETY The Official Publication for Bonanza, Debonair, Baron & Travel Air Operators and Enthusiasts November 2019 • Volume 19 • Number 11 ABS Executive Director OWNERSHIP/MAINTENANCE J. Whitney Hickman ABS-ASF Executive Director & Editor 14 Beechcraft of the Month: Thomas P. Turner My Next Ride Associate Editor George Brown 1979 V35B N35KA (D-10231) Managing Editor By Tim Hacker, Bartlett, Tennessee Jillian LaCross Technical Review Committee 20 Aging Beech Tom Rosen, Stuart Spindel, Bob Butt, and the ABS Technical Advisors Aircraft Presentation Falcon Insurance Agency Inc. Graphic Design Michael McCatty 22 Baron and Travel Air: Printer Village Press, Traverse City, Michigan Baron Reduction in Load Factor Full Page By Thomas P. Turner American Bonanza Society magazine (ISSN 1538-9960) is published monthly by the American Bonanza Society (ABS), 3595 N Webb Rd Ste 28 Sam James Volunteerism Award 200, Wichita, KS 67226-8192. The price of a full color yearly subscription is included in the annual dues of Society members. Periodicals postage paid at 33 Lost Communications Alway IFC Wichita, Kansas, and at additional mailing offices. By Geary Keilman No part of this publication may be reprinted Alway IFC or duplicated without the written permission of the Executive Director. 42 Tech Talk: Preparing Magnesium Alway IFC The Society and Publisher cannot accept responsibility for the correctness or accuracy Control Surfaces of the matters printed herein or for any opinions Alway expressed. Opinions of the Editor or contributors By Bob Ripley do not necessarily represent the position of IFC the Society. Articles or other materials by and 58 Dynon Three-Display Installation about organizations other than ABS are printed in the American Bonanza Society magazine By Dale Smith as a courtesy and member service. Except as expressly stated, their appearance in this www.falconinsurance.com magazine does not constitute an endorsement 72 Replacing the Appareo by ABS of the products, services or events of such organization. Publisher reserves the right Stratus Battery to reject any material submitted for publication. By Geary Keilman DEPARTMENTS Annual Membership Dues: 34 Member News • Domestic (US/Canada/Mexico) – $75 (US) FLYING • Two Year Domestic (US/Canada/Mexico) – $130 (US) 36 Welcome New Members • International – $115 (US) • International (online magazine only) – $75 (US) 43 BPPP: Never Say Never 38 BPPP Instructor Camp • Two Year International (online magazine only) – $130 (US) • Additional Family Members – $35 each By Gary Schank 44 GA News • Life membership – $1400 45 Your Beechcraft on the Cover Contact ABS Headquarters for details. 46 Dark Panel Postmaster: Send address changes to By Parvez Dara 63 ABS Aviators American Bonanza Society magazine, 3595 N. Webb Road Suite 200, 63 Life Membership Wichita, KS 67226-8192. 48 Command Pilot: © Copyright 2019. 63 Surly Bonds Things I Won’t Do: Ice Send Articles/Letters To: American Bonanza 64 Tech Tips Society Magazine Publication Office, 3595 N. Webb By Thomas P. Turner Road Suite 200, Wichita, KS 67226-8192, Tel: 70 Forum 316-945-1700, Fax: 316-945-1710, E-mail: 50 Using ForeFlight Logbook [email protected], Website: http://www.bonanza. 73 Classified Ads org. Please note: Copy & photos submitted for By Henry Fiorentini publication become the property of the Society 78 ABS Board and shall not be returned. Articles submitted 79 Event Calendar with pictures receive publication preference. 62 Icing Map in ForeFlight By Henry Fiorentini 80 Display Advertising Index The American Bonanza Society serves Beechcraft enthusiasts by sharing valuable safety, technical, and educational resources, and by promoting interaction Falcon Insurance Agency • P.O. Box 291388, Kerrville, TX 78029 • www.falconinsurance.com • Phone: 1-800-259-4227 among and advocacy on behalf of its members. AMERICAN BONANZA SOCIETY 1 www.bonanza.org President’s Comments AMERICAN BONANZA Get Out SOCIETY and Fly ABS exists to promote aviation safety and flying enjoyment through education and information-sharing among owners and By Phil Jossi operators of Bonanzas, Barons, Debonairs and Travel Airs throughout the world. www.bonanza.org all flying can be some of the best. I hope you are taking advantage of the 3595 N Webb Rd Ste 200, more moderate temperatures, clear skies, and smooth flying conditions. Wichita, KS 67226-8192 Tel: 316-945-1700 • Fax 316-945-1710 If you have avoided the summer heat and turbulence, then it is time to fire e-mail: [email protected] up your trusty Beechcraft and take to the skies. Office Hours: F Monday thru Friday; 8:30 am – 5:00 pm (Central Time) Speaking of taking to the skies, if your To Wichita… travel plans have not brought you to the My late summer flights included a trip ABS Executive Director desert Southwest, I highly recommend in my Bonanza to Wichita for the weekend J. Whitney Hickman, [email protected] it. A trip from the Phoenix-Tucson area ABS Beechcraft Instructor Crosstalk (BIC) ABS-ASF Executive Director up through Sedona, Grand Canyon, and session. As anticipated, the weather Thomas P. Turner, [email protected] Page, Arizona, then into southern and moved out just ahead of my arrival into Technical Questions central Utah is nothing short of amazing. KICT. The BIC sessions are at no cost to [email protected] or 316-945-1700 For pilots in the desert Southwest, our ABS members to ensure the highest level absolute best flying season is now as of Beechcraft instruction no matter where BPPP Questions [email protected] or 316-945-1700 you are reading this magazine. The trip you go for initial and recurrent training. planning from the East and Midwest is not They provide an excellent discussion of Membership and Events very daunting into the Phoenix area from Beech-specific topics for the purpose [email protected] Albuquerque, New Mexico, using V190. of increasing the knowledge level of ABS Pilot Shop VMC is the rule rather than the exception. non-BPPP flight instructors regarding www.bonanza.org or 1-800-SPORTYS The red rocks at Sedona, incredible our aircraft. Among the 15 attendees, Grand Canyon sights, Lake Powell and the there was over 143,000 hours of flight Membership Services Colorado River, along with the Monument experience around the table. Subjects • Monthly ABS Magazine rocks of Utah, are unbelievable from covered included takeoff briefings, Angle • Technical Advice and Parts Sourcing the air. A few photos are included for of Attack considerations, instructor • Beechcraft Specific Pilot Training your enjoyment. I am always happy to professionalism, engine management, • Special Members-Only Website Content visit about it. My contact information is emergency procedures, reaction times, • Aircraft Inspection Program on page 78. and much more. • Beechcraft Maintenance Guides, Red rocks of Sedona DVDs, Merchandise and Apparel • ABS Fly-Ins & Events • Aircraft Prepurchase Assistance • Mechanic & Flight Instructor Training • Regional Societies • Aircraft Insurance Program • Professionally Staffed Headquarters 2 AMERICAN BONANZA SOCIETY November 2019 Monument Valley, Mexican Hat in Utah Utah area You can help ABS build the Beech members and their families. Remember Howard Johnson and his wife, Nancy. instructor pool by encouraging your our mission: to protect lives and What I really wanted was a ride in local CFI to attend. This is not a BPPP preserve the Beechcraft fleet. Check “Hojo’s” pristine V35B. The ride was function necessarily, but we trust that the events schedule on the website and in awesome, up over Whidbey Island to the instructors who attend will see the the magazine for all ABS upcoming events San Juan Island with a stop, lunch, and benefit and many in the past have chosen including the BICs for 2020. visit to Roche and Friday Harbor. I have to join the BPPP program. So ABS/ASF’s always heard about the islands but was …to the Northwest… investment in the BIC also serves to grow never able to see them from the air. the next generation of BPPP instructors Following the BIC we took a trip to The U.S. Army was not very supportive and increase the BPPP instructor pool Seattle to visit the area, graciously hosted of tourism when I was in basic training of around the country to take care of ABS by ABS Treasurer and Past President Ft. Lewis, Washington, in the late 1960s. CallHere’s your chance for to serve theNominations members of the American Bonanza Society. The ABS Board of Directors has three (3) openings to begin service in late summer 2020: All three (3) nominations for the 2020 class of new ABS Board of Directors will be At-Large positions.