Hello all:
I recently retired and am now a full-time resident of Marana, AZ, just north of Tucson. Our local airport is AVQ. I'm getting back into flying after a long gap. First step is to get my medical reinstated which I'm doing now (well, actually, my first step was to get my name on a hangar waiting list). Over the years I've owned 4 airplanes which were, in sequence, a 1977 Great Lakes 2T-1A-2, 1988 F33A, 1982 Baron 58TC and finally, a 1998 Baron 58. I was fortunate to have a well paying job. I was single and finally got married after I sold my last plane. Having a nice plane was more important to me than having a car or a house.
Between tech jobs I flew fixed-wing medivac out of Hillsboro, Oregon for six years. We flew MU-2's and LearJets which we flew internationally. Our most frequent trips were patient pick-ups in Hawaii - mostly pre-mature babies and spinal cord (surfing) injuries. We had a couple of LR-36's with the Avcon tip tank extensions giving us a total of 8,190 lbs of fuel.
I've been a Beechcraft guy. The first time I sat in my F33A. It felt like sitting in an airliner. The F33A is my emotional favorite but I'll probably start looking for a 58 Baron as I like the redundancy of twins, but havent fully decided. My 58TC was TK-147 which along with TK-151 have the newer style dual controls. It was a performance beast and likely more aircraft than i need now.
I've already learned a lot from this site and hopefully I’ll contribute as well.
Thanks!
Bill
I recently retired and am now a full-time resident of Marana, AZ, just north of Tucson. Our local airport is AVQ. I'm getting back into flying after a long gap. First step is to get my medical reinstated which I'm doing now (well, actually, my first step was to get my name on a hangar waiting list). Over the years I've owned 4 airplanes which were, in sequence, a 1977 Great Lakes 2T-1A-2, 1988 F33A, 1982 Baron 58TC and finally, a 1998 Baron 58. I was fortunate to have a well paying job. I was single and finally got married after I sold my last plane. Having a nice plane was more important to me than having a car or a house.
Between tech jobs I flew fixed-wing medivac out of Hillsboro, Oregon for six years. We flew MU-2's and LearJets which we flew internationally. Our most frequent trips were patient pick-ups in Hawaii - mostly pre-mature babies and spinal cord (surfing) injuries. We had a couple of LR-36's with the Avcon tip tank extensions giving us a total of 8,190 lbs of fuel.
I've been a Beechcraft guy. The first time I sat in my F33A. It felt like sitting in an airliner. The F33A is my emotional favorite but I'll probably start looking for a 58 Baron as I like the redundancy of twins, but havent fully decided. My 58TC was TK-147 which along with TK-151 have the newer style dual controls. It was a performance beast and likely more aircraft than i need now.
I've already learned a lot from this site and hopefully I’ll contribute as well.
Thanks!
Bill
