General Aviation Aircraft

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Project Bonanza Part II

The easy part was done. We had bought an airplane. Now we had to get busy with new avionics, paint and interior to create our vision of the perfect flying machine.

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Project Bonanza Part I

By buying a used airplane and weighing its pros and cons, you can settle on a plan to make an ’€œalmost’€ airplane into one that’s ’€œjust right’€

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Extra EA-500

Extra EA-500 Engine make/model: Rolls Royce 250-B17F Horsepower: 450 TBO (hrs.): 3500 Propellor: 5-blade/reversible/MT Max takeoff weight (lbs.): 4696 Empty weight, std. (lbs.): 3091 Useful load, std. (lbs.): 1605 Usable fuel, std. (gal./lbs.): 116/77 Payload, full std. fuel (lbs.): 357 Wingspan (ft.): 38.3 Overall length (ft.): 33.2 Height: 11 ft. 2 in. Wing area (sq. […]

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