Beechcraft Twin Bonanza
 

Manufacturer: Beech Aircraft Corporation
Type: Utility aircraft

The Beechcraft Twin Bonanza is a seven-seat, general aviation aircraft designed primarily as an executive transport for the business market and a utility transport for the US Army. Introduced in 1952 as a utility transport for the US Army, it was the first twin-engine aircraft in its class to be offered also to the business market. About 720 of these airplanes were built.

The Twin Bonanza was developed in an effort to improve performance of the single-engine Bonanza, one of history's most successful civil aircraft.

The Beechcraft Queen Air and King Air are both direct descendants of the Model 50 Twin Bonanza. All three aircraft share the same basic wing design, landing gears, flaps, instrument panels, fuel cells, and more.

The Beechcraft Twin Bonanza have many variants. The D50C model, the one we have on our fleet has extra port side window, squared-of rear starboard window, pointed nose and 295hp Lycoming GO-480-G2F6 engine.

 

General characteristics

Crew: 1-2 pilots
Capacity: 5 passengers
Length: 31 ft 6 in (9.61 m)
Wingspan: 45 ft 3 in (13.78 m)
Height: 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Wing area: 277 ft² (25.7 m²)
Empty weight: 5,010 lb (2,270 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 7300 lbs (3311 kg)
Powerplant: 2× Lycoming GSO-480-B1B6, 340 hp
                 (253 kW) each
Maximum speed: 229 mph (199 knots, 366 km/h)
Range: 1,000 mi (870 nm, 1,600 km)
Service ceiling: 30,000 ft (9144 m)   
Rate of climb: 1,614 ft/min (8.2 m/s)