Hawker Beechcraft Announces New Interiors for Baron and Bonanza Models
Sep 28, 2011 | 02:06 AM
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Hawker Beechcraft Announces New Interiors for Baron and Bonanza Models
HARTFORD, Conn. (Sept. 22, 2011) – Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) today announced it is incorporating new interiors in its popular Beechcraft Baron and Bonanza piston engine airplanes. The new interiors improve cabin comfort and functionality with enhanced styling inspired by interiors found in the world’s finest automobiles. The upgrade also includes an automatic climate control system and an LED external lighting package. The new features will be phased into production in the second quarter of 2012.
“This program upgrades the comfort, styling and functionality of the current Baron and Bonanza aircraft to a level similar to that found in top-of-the-line vehicles,” said Jim Holcombe, vice president, Beechcraft Marketing. “We are accomplishing this by adding contemporary design elements, cleaner lines and improved ergonomics to the interior for a more blended, form-fitting look. Coupled with the fully automatic climate control system that allows individual aft-cabin passengers to set their own temperature, this interior package puts the Baron and Bonanza in a class of their own.”
The new air conditioning and automatic climate control system features an engine-driven compressor with condenser and evaporator units installed in the tail cone. Approved for operation in all phases of flight, including takeoff, the unit has a “set and forget” feature allowing the operator to select the desired cabin temperature that will be automatically maintained by an Electronic Control Unit.
All external lights on both the Baron and the Bonanza will utilize LED bulbs. With no glass filament to break, they are shock and vibration resistant while consuming significantly less energy. The solid state LED light engine provides high reliability with more than 8,000 hours mean time between failure, greatly reducing operational costs.
“This program upgrades the comfort, styling and functionality of the current Baron and Bonanza aircraft to a level similar to that found in top-of-the-line vehicles,” said Jim Holcombe, vice president, Beechcraft Marketing. “We are accomplishing this by adding contemporary design elements, cleaner lines and improved ergonomics to the interior for a more blended, form-fitting look. Coupled with the fully automatic climate control system that allows individual aft-cabin passengers to set their own temperature, this interior package puts the Baron and Bonanza in a class of their own.”
The new air conditioning and automatic climate control system features an engine-driven compressor with condenser and evaporator units installed in the tail cone. Approved for operation in all phases of flight, including takeoff, the unit has a “set and forget” feature allowing the operator to select the desired cabin temperature that will be automatically maintained by an Electronic Control Unit.
All external lights on both the Baron and the Bonanza will utilize LED bulbs. With no glass filament to break, they are shock and vibration resistant while consuming significantly less energy. The solid state LED light engine provides high reliability with more than 8,000 hours mean time between failure, greatly reducing operational costs.
Source: Hawker Beechcraft Newsroom: Hawker Beechcraft Announces New Interiors for Baron and Bonanza Models
Hawker Beechcraft: 2012 Bonanza G36 & Baron G58
This looks amazing and the LED upgrade is perfect. Great job by Hawker Beechcraft.
Here is the brochure if anyone wants to take a better look.
http://hawkerbeechcraftinfo.com/lp/w...on_bonanza.pdf
Sep 28, 2011 | 11:38 AM
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Yes the interior design was a very nice upgrade, and will bring new life to the line up. One thing that I want to see, is the full gallery of photos because in one small pic in the brochure, it looks like the steam backup instruments are gone and it is a full glass cockpit.
Sep 29, 2011 | 04:13 PM
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They might be gone. Garmin has proven itself a very reliable avionics platform. The only thing I am not a fan of is the club seating in these airplanes. It really is a 4 seat airplane not 6, unless they are children. No way you can put 4 adults back there, the intersecting knees would be way too uncomfortable. I would prefer 2 forward facing seats with a ton of leg room and a huge baggage compartment. Also, the $700k+ price tag is nuts. For that, you can find a used A36 Bonanza and send it back to Beechcraft and put it in the Extra Program and get it like new for little money.
Sep 30, 2011 | 12:18 AM
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I agree with everything you said Hernando. But you know that most aircraft that have 4 seats people use it for 2 and the ones with 6 they use it for 4. Plus The Baron with six people should be a very short trip, specially if they are big to compensate the payload.
The price... 700K.... make it over a mil. These G58 are retailing at 1.1-1.3m, and it is not worth that kind of money. Hell the Diamond Da-42 atleast has Fadec and runs new in the 700k area. The sad part is that piston twins, there are very few of them still on production as you know.
Personally I love the Cessna 340 twin and it goes faster, farther and sell in the 300K -400K area.
Also the 80s PBarons are nice. Love the Dukes but tend to be Hanger queens. The Fun part of the last 2 is that Rocket Engeneering have Twin Prop Conversions with PT-6s. The Duke looks amazing, but still have trouble wrapping my head of a PBaron with twin PT6s.... that has to be a rocket.
Oh and by the way O & N Aircraft are also working on a Twin Prop Conversion for the Cessna 340 with the Rolls Royce/ Allison 250s, should be interesting.
The price... 700K.... make it over a mil. These G58 are retailing at 1.1-1.3m, and it is not worth that kind of money. Hell the Diamond Da-42 atleast has Fadec and runs new in the 700k area. The sad part is that piston twins, there are very few of them still on production as you know.
Personally I love the Cessna 340 twin and it goes faster, farther and sell in the 300K -400K area.
Also the 80s PBarons are nice. Love the Dukes but tend to be Hanger queens. The Fun part of the last 2 is that Rocket Engeneering have Twin Prop Conversions with PT-6s. The Duke looks amazing, but still have trouble wrapping my head of a PBaron with twin PT6s.... that has to be a rocket.
Oh and by the way O & N Aircraft are also working on a Twin Prop Conversion for the Cessna 340 with the Rolls Royce/ Allison 250s, should be interesting.
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Sep 30, 2011 | 10:38 AM
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I agree with everything you said Hernando. But you know that most aircraft that have 4 seats people use it for 2 and the ones with 6 they use it for 4. Plus The Baron with six people should be a very short trip, specially if they are big to compensate the payload.
The price... 700K.... make it over a mil. These G58 are retailing at 1.1-1.3m, and it is not worth that kind of money. Hell the Diamond Da-42 atleast has Fadec and runs new in the 700k area. The sad part is that piston twins, there are very few of them still on production as you know.
Personally I love the Cessna 340 twin and it goes faster, farther and sell in the 300K -400K area.
Also the 80s PBarons are nice. Love the Dukes but tend to be Hanger queens. The Fun part of the last 2 is that Rocket Engeneering have Twin Prop Conversions with PT-6s. The Duke looks amazing, but still have trouble wrapping my head of a PBaron with twin PT6s.... that has to be a rocket.
Oh and by the way O & N Aircraft are also working on a Twin Prop Conversion for the Cessna 340 with the Rolls Royce/ Allison 250s, should be interesting.
The price... 700K.... make it over a mil. These G58 are retailing at 1.1-1.3m, and it is not worth that kind of money. Hell the Diamond Da-42 atleast has Fadec and runs new in the 700k area. The sad part is that piston twins, there are very few of them still on production as you know.
Personally I love the Cessna 340 twin and it goes faster, farther and sell in the 300K -400K area.
Also the 80s PBarons are nice. Love the Dukes but tend to be Hanger queens. The Fun part of the last 2 is that Rocket Engeneering have Twin Prop Conversions with PT-6s. The Duke looks amazing, but still have trouble wrapping my head of a PBaron with twin PT6s.... that has to be a rocket.
Oh and by the way O & N Aircraft are also working on a Twin Prop Conversion for the Cessna 340 with the Rolls Royce/ Allison 250s, should be interesting.
I also agree with you, these new twin pistons are way too expensive. My father has had a few twin pistons, two 310's, Baron 58, a Cessna 414 and they have all been great. Between the Baron and the 310 I preferred the 310, but I loved the 414. I wish they still made that airplane, but you can find some great 414's on the market with the RAM conversion already done. A 340 with RAM conversion would be great too.
Interesting you mention the turbo prop conversion. My uncle has a Turbine Duke. Phenomenal plane and definitely not a hangar queen. He has it in Bogota, Colombia and flies it often to Norther California and to Jupiter, FL where he has a house in a fly in community.
Here's a couple of nice example of the 340 and 414:
340:
http://www.controller.com/listingsde...M/1196173.htm?
http://www.controller.com/listingsde...M/1211035.htm?
This one looks nice but could use Avionics and interior upgrade:
http://www.controller.com/listingsde...M/1210077.htm?
414:
http://www.controller.com/listingsde...M/1166034.htm?
http://www.controller.com/listingsde...M/1210875.htm?
http://www.controller.com/listingsde...M/1167033.htm?
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Sep 30, 2011 | 01:46 PM
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The 414 is a great bird and I like it more than the 421. The 340 is a twin I have in mind when I finish my licenses, still have to get more hours in the almighty 172.
I have heard many stories of the Duke as a piston aircraft and the big bills in maintenance. I love the aircraft and the Royal Turbine is a monster, congrats to your uncle. By the way i think they have posted vids on youtube, because I saw a couple of vids of a Duke turbine in Colombia and one of them shows the jet like climb that thing has, very stunning.
I have heard many stories of the Duke as a piston aircraft and the big bills in maintenance. I love the aircraft and the Royal Turbine is a monster, congrats to your uncle. By the way i think they have posted vids on youtube, because I saw a couple of vids of a Duke turbine in Colombia and one of them shows the jet like climb that thing has, very stunning.
Sep 30, 2011 | 03:37 PM
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Sep 30, 2011 | 04:08 PM
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I remember watching them and in the take off my jaw dropped on the climb performance that beast has....plus the extremely short field performance it is just amazing.
But it will not be alone in its category for long.
O&N Silver Eagle II First Flight - YouTube
But still I believe the Duke Turbine is nicer. I prefer the PT-6s over the Rolls 250
But it will not be alone in its category for long.
O&N Silver Eagle II First Flight - YouTube
But still I believe the Duke Turbine is nicer. I prefer the PT-6s over the Rolls 250
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