Monday, February 16, 2009

RV 35 Buzzard---

---that's the caption given this picture by Ted, the photographer.


This is a T-34c Turbomentor, manufacuted by Beech Aircraft (now Raytheon) headquartered in Wichita. It is a derivative of the Beechcraft Bonanza, older versions of which are readily recognizable by their familiar V tail.

Power is provided by a turbo-prop engine manufactured by Pratt & Whitney of Canada.

This version of the trainer has been in service 32 years and costs about a million bucks each.

It carries a student and an instructor pilot, both can be seen in Ted's great picture. The instructor is in the rear.

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