VWE001,
GtoRA2 said:
"There is nothing more dangerous, than a doctor in a Bonanza"
My 2 cents -
Don't get this mixed up with "The Flying Doctors"....they cool.
When I was taking my flying lessons(a long time ago, I might add), the most beautiful single engine plane on the ramp was a Beech Bonanza 35 or 36. It was the cadillac of it's time. Now, most ordinary working people couldn't afford this high performance complex airplane. It was fast and the pinnacle of plane ownership for a long time. But, it could bite you. It was a favorite of the professional upper middle class, who bought one of these beauties before taking any flying lessons(hey neighbor look what I have), and didn't live long enough to get the rating. Big money, big egos, but they didn't want to take the time to learn how to stay alive in a complex high performance airplane, and usually screwed it into the ground because of lack of flying skills. Most wrote it off on their taxes as part of transportation(at the time), and found themselves in the clouds, way over their heads, with their wife and kids aboard. The results were they got their names in the paper, and gave flying a bad name.
Thorns
