Abandoned Airplane Will It Run After 20+ Years?
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This airplane was abandoned about 20 years ago. Will it run after all that time? Let's find out! This airplane is a 1947 Bonanza 35.
0:00 the dr killer
1:33 it's been here how long...
4:27 a look around
11:28 clear prop!
15:07 smoke test
19:47 time to move out
23:12 will it start?
24:37 extreme measures
25:22 turn your head and cough
32:22 R.I.P. Bonanza?
46:32 previous owner is a legend
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I sincerely hope you did not put regular automobile gasoline into an airplane lol the maximum octane rating for a car is on 92 but AvGas starts at 100 octane that is why most AvGas contains lead If you had tried fueling an airplane with a car gasoline the knocking would destroy the engine
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Next episode: Abandoned Nuclear Plant will it still activate after 65 years.
Hahahahaha 😂😆👍
That dude is gonna be able to start Chernobyl's 4th reactor, at least it seems like it
@@Gentlemen_london_ ahahah
🤣🤣🤣
@@rederos8079 I think Chernobyl's 4th reactor is still running - because most of control rods are still outside reactor... Thats why whole building is covered by shield built many years after 1986 - thats only thing we can do. Modern reactors are build within safety housing - PWR/WWER reactors are almost impossible to overheat, but when it happens - everything stays in that housing. Chernobyl RBMK reactors wasnt have safety housing at all.
Jimmy! Your kid will be forever grateful for these adventures with you. Keep up the awesome work ✈️
Love watching you, what you bring is light to a lot of bad casualties in flying due to a variety of situations!
well Jimmy, i have been watching lots of youtube channels for the longest of time, and you are the first person to step up buying up old planes and repairing them and getting back up in the air, and suddenly everyone is now trying to copy you, well your inspiring people around the world to not be scared of planes as a result more and more youth are getting interested in aircraft industry...
Is that the old grass strip at Seagoville, TX? My mom and pop lived about 1 mile from there. I used to fly my 1951 C35 bonanza into it when I went for a visit.
This man's perseverance is incredible.
That engine has a Bendix pressure carburetor, the rebuild cost for which was over $3000 about 10 years ago. The chances of one remaining functional, stored outdoors for years, with no avgas in it to keep the diaphragms soft are close to zero; so to see this one work at all was amazing. Also, one can not gravity feed a pressure carb, but apparently you tapped into the suction side of the engine driven pump. Once primed, the gas can could have been placed on the ground. Usually, the wobble pump is used for starting, until the engine driven fuel pump comes on line to provide fuel pressure. More fuel is pumped to the carb, than is actually needed, so there's a small fuel line that returns the extra; always to the LEFT MAIN tank. Thus, if you start with the left tank full, you either select the left tank, or you will over-fill the tank and the excess will be dumped over-board from the tank vent. If the engine pump fails in flight, one can use the wobble pump to "pump" their way to a suitable landing site. When airworthy, these early Bonanzas are a pure joy to fly!
I take it u know a little bit about planes then
A little. Owned & maintained a D35 Bonanza for 30+ years.
@@ZetaByteMe sorry if this is rude, but what job do you have or did have to be able to afford the plane?
@@djpollo2474 pilot i guess
@@ZetaByteMe only small plane I have ever been in is a bonanza a buddy of mine owns. Was supposed to take my first flying lesson today but it started snowing really hard. That's Alaska!
Just discovered this channel. It's amazing. So much humor. You are an incredible dad.
haha, i love to see you work man. Specially the way you talk to the plane as a human being. Treating her with real respect and love.. love it !
Great history lesson Jimmy BUT ya got it wrong - the Buddy Holly band member who declined the flight and gave up his seat was Waylon Jennings.
Waylon was buddy Holly's bass player.and gave up his seat to the big bopper.
He carried that guilt for years until he met the big boppers son at a concert and finally gained peace.
hello
@@richardthomas1421
Hello,
I don't look at my phone during the day as I'm building a new house and leave in the charger.
Did you have a comment to add?
Ok Jimmy! You got me!!!! Jammin Jimmy got it started!!!! Woot!!!! I’m a retired corporate pilot. I also am a former instructor for the ABS. Looks like a little bondo here and there and some bailing wire and she will be good again. Don’t forget the duct tape!!! Keep on whispering!!! Great video sir!!!
I just found your channels and I subscribed and I love the videos as im now binge watching them. I usually watch car restoration from the dead but I now love airplanes. Im also a Veteran and its great to see another vet using their military training to do good
Spreading joy and doing all the hard work to make it real. Jimmy's world is a better world!
I've got an old '48 V-Tail...
The mag switch is also a battery switch. In order to get power, it has to be turned to "battery" position, AND have the rocker switch marked "battery" (on lower right side of panel with other rocker switches and circuit breakers)
How to make a million dollars in aviation? Start with five million.
Full marks for tenacity Sir. 👍🏻
An airplane is a flying machine propelled through the air by the rapid combustion of money!!!
Jimmy, Love the #SaveThe310 videos! Curious as to how you find these abandoned planes - Marketplace, Craigslist? I would like to find a 310, Mooney, Bonanza, or something of the sort to tinker with, but don't know where to start in finding an abandoned one. Thanks for your time, help and awesome videos!
Loving your channel, really addicted to it! SAVE THE 310!!!
I was excited from the beginning to the end of the video to see the result, and man, at the time I got it and was slow I celebrated with you, my congratulations for your insistence and patience! I look forward to seeing what you do with this bonanza!
Berit
i cannot express how calming this is to me. i have waited for a good plane revival channel and you have delivered my friend. congratulations you got your self a subscriber who really enjoy what you do.
For those who want to know. The small can of spray in the air intake is EASY START in UK . Best to have a can handy when trying to start MOST ENGINES. but don't use to much else you'll have piston around your head if it fires.up.
waylon.
Dude!! you have a magnetic personality!!! Jimmy can’t wait to see your 310 in flight!! Just started watching your channel and love it!! What an accomplishment in one’s life. Take Care..
NICE WORK. ENJOYED IT. THANKS
I knew it was a fuel delivery issue when it fired up the first time, it had compression and spark to run, the only thing missing was a constant supply of fuel. I don't know airplanes, but I do know engines.
uh huh.
no way
Always got to be a problem with 1 of the 4 stages for the engine.
Suck (fuel in)
Squeeze (compressing the gas)
Bang (igniting the gas)
Blow (exhaust out)
@@lightshow366 And that last one usually handles itself, since exhausts tend to get more open and leaky as time passes XD
But yeah, sound advice for those who are getting started learning engines, its like _"The 4 Tenets Of Engine Revival"_ :P
Nothing gets past you 😭
I bought my luscombe after it sat for 12 years and I spent a summer going through it and rebuilding the engine with a power upgrade and it is now a fantastic plane that flies weekly, it is a 1946 built plane
Awesome!!
Hi
Nice
@@rylanstrains2224 thank you, it is currently going through another upgrade of lights and radios, been planning on it for a while but I’m just a garbage truck driver so money is the issue lol. Just about done now so I will be able to fly to larger places. Plan is to fly it to Oshkosh next year from where I live near mt rainier Washington
@@alanluscombe8a553 That's sweet.
Crazy nice, you are something else and I love you to bits!!
The coin flip was with Waylon Jennings, and jokingly Ritchie said to Waylon, I hope your bus brakes down and Waylon jokingly said to Ritchie, I hope your plane goes down and unfortunately it did. Waylon sunk into a deep depression for 20 years blaming himself for saying that.
It wasn't Merle Haggard it was Waylon Jennings that traded his seat .Waylon was filling in on bass for the Buddy Holly tour and was a close friend of Buddy. The Bopper was sick with fever from riding on the cold bus that kept breaking down and traded seats with the Waylon. Tommy Allsup flipped the coin with Valens and ended up on the bus too. Said day for music and they only made it a few miles from the airport when they crashed.
You beat me to the Correction and are 100% correct!
I’m glad you made the correction. I had a good friend that was a backup musician for Waylon!
Yup, and the pilot was Roger Peterson
I kid you not; in 2009, the little 14 passenger Saab I was in nearly crashed at Mason City during an ice storm. The fact that Buddy Holly died outside the same airport in poor conditions is not lost on me.
Some referred to the crash as the Big Flopper lol 😂
Way to go doctor Jimmy! 'It's ALIVE!' Thanks for the information about the previous owner and his many accomplishments! Great Channel!
New subscriber here! Your colab with Cleetus McFarland was awesome I’m so stoked I found your channel cuz of it! I’m a private pilot, love your channel so far 🤙
Your priceless Jimmy.
I watched through your whole video and getting that old girl going and had lots of laughs and I just want to say thanks. You do the kind of stuff I love doing except I just don't have a plane to do it too.
It was my understanding that It was Waylon Jennings, not Merle haggard, that “won/lost” the coin flip.
Actually, Jennings refused to go on the plane; Tommy Allsup lost the coin toss.
Waylon Jennings is correct.
No it was John Denver
It was Waylon jennings
Correct
Jimmy, you are MY kind of crazy!!! LOVE it!!! SOOOO glad I subbed! Keep 'em flyin', brother.
Nossa!.. estou amando esses vídeos! Incrível! AMO motores ❤👏👏👏
Waylon Jennings lost the coin toss with Buddy Holly. Waylon was his bass player. Buddy told Waylon "I hope you freeze on the bus" (heater was broken) and Waylon told Buddy "I hope your old plane crashes". Waylon felt badly about that statement for years.
I'm love with this channel it feels great and satisfying to have any machine re-done... Well done Jimmy
Jimmy real respect for your perseverance without giving up 1000 x respect my friend.👍🏽👍🏽👏🏼👏🏼❤
Good work Jimmy and your boy ❤❤ that was awesome 😎
Thumbs up. Your patience is the key to success. 👍👍
The Beechcraft V-tail Bonanza is my favorite single-engine personal aircraft of all time! I loved flying them, even the early models. In my experience, I found that if you treat it right, it will more than treat you right. It still deserves the respect and considerations you'd give ANY high-performance, retractable aircraft. I find the Bonanza's "forked tailed doctor killer" reputation completely unjustified. Those dead doctors and many others who met their fate in a Bonanza weren't really ready to fly ANY high-performance aircraft without further training and experience!
@You Tube You can rip ANY airplane apart if it's flown outside of its design envelope, especially by allowing it to get away.
I like older Mk. 20 Mooneys too, even though they can be a bit cramped. I particularly liked the old style manually operated landing gear. It's hard to forget to lower it and it always works, no matter what. It's amazing what they can do performance-wise with just a 180 hp four-banger up front, while not burning a whole lot of gas!
The later Mooneys like the 201, 231,
252 TSE, Bravo and Ovation are awesome and of course require a lot bigger budget to own and operate.
@@maverickdallas1004 "Especially" when you try to go through that line of t'storms! At night. Thirty-eight years in my H35 and the tail is still on it!
@You Tube Service bulletins and AD's are usually the result of issues presenting themselves out in the field. The ultimate test for ANY product is the end user. Testing in a facility rarely tells all the details as to how a product will hold up over time while it's in the public's hands.
Aircraft are some of the most carefully designed, manufactured and rigorously tested machines that are built by humans. Yet in spite of all that, manufacturers get hit with outrageous lawsuits, even though pilot error is the cause of an accident. Although it is our right to expect an aircraft that is safe to operate and manufacturers do their best to achieve that goal, a lot of excesses find their way into the regulations which only serve to drive up costs and effectively shut an ever increasing number of us out of what used to be a great and affordable American pastime just two generations ago, becoming what is nowadays a "rich man's hobby"!
My instructor and I had a conversation about that and agreed that Doctors and Lawyers should be called V-tailed Bonanza killers.
@You Tube The AD on the 737 Max was certainly a BIG one! Compared to most GA aircraft, the AD's are usually much stricter on commercial aircraft and require corrective action to be taken almost immediately. That's a GOOD thing because they haul the public around in large numbers. We deserve to step onto a safe aircraft for what we pay for a ticket!
On many personal light aircraft, a lot of things are often overdone, over regulated and unless the aircraft was abused, neglected or damaged, in so many cases have too little merit to justify the costs involved. Oftentimes, rules and regulations are made to somehow provide an added margin of safety to the lowest common denominator, the DUMBEST among us! And of course, the money hungry "ambulance chaser" lawyers don't help matters much, either!
I'm amazed to see how much of a hard work you put into these things!
Jimmy, found your channel and is addicted to it now. Can’t wait to see the finished Elvis plane/bus. Thank you for the entertainment
I was jumping up and down too when it kicked over! May have been a killer craft but previous owner musta babied it.
And yet, ANOTHER fantastic episode of Jimmy's World
HAHAHA, that's awesome!
Great plane! My father in law had a 1960 Beechcraft Bonanza and it was a fantastic plane that I loved flying in. Miss both him and the plane.
First time watcher. I’ll definitely be back. You’re just authentic and fun!
Same here
Same here i love airplanes
Howling mad Murdock..... loving the channel dude!!!!
one thing i learn from u today is NEVER GIVE UP
THANKS FOR TEACHING ME A SUCH A LESSON
I don't fly, have no interest in planes whatsoever but stumbled across this video and have been watching your videos for the last hour or so lol. Thanks for making this an interesting topic for a man who literally has no interest in it whatsoever. Peace. Keep safe and I hope you and all of your family have a wonderful New Year. I'll be watching more.
That little boy will one day be aviation master!! Hope I'll see him work for Boeing or Airbus some day
cesna
Nice pfp
You're an utter madman. I absolutely love it! :D
It literally makes me sad to see this beautiful (eventually with enough care and a LOT of money) plane be only used for parts. I'd love to see it restored to like new condition and flying thru the air like it did on its very first flight.
This plane deserves a chance to fly again.
Would take about 80 to 150 grand. Can buy a flying one for $65K
I’m started to understand how Han Solo struggled with the Millennium Falcon
You’ve identified various problems but seem to bypass them rather than repair them … certainly a great commercial for starters … 😹
I'd fly it as is...
@@haraldblakeslee2102 He's not trying to repair the plain He's just trying to get it started to see if it's even worth repairing. Or for salvage.
Han had Chewy.
Do not judge someone else’s past; you don’t know your future
You remind me of will Forte. Having your son travel around and help work on planes is a wonderful adventure for him! Just found you. Love the channel already!
Dude you are great love watching your clips and you entering me brilliant clear prop
Great video, you never give up.🛩🛩👍👏
I love watching to see if abandoned things will still work!
Mutch fake click bites, make money with this video's, i am a tech so i know
@@marcmercedes2707 what???
Congrats on getting her started. Super cool. And I am sure your kiddo loved the bonding experience.
Hahaha when he called tower for clearance to take off on runway 19 I about died🤣 Can you imagine rolling out on the taxiway on a moss covered airplane🤣😂😅
Your channel has absolutely exploded since the PA-32 build! This is excellent, it shows the more humorous, human side of aviation!
Thanks so much! you are an O.G. at this point! lol. It's still weird that this tubeface thing is a thing...
Never understood why aviation has to be pretty niche, flying or owning a plane is just like owning a car
@@therealjimmysworld I'll be following for a while yet. I'm enjoying Hoovies Hangar 😅
@@fernando13e It is nothing like owning a car. An oil change is a couple hundred bucks, A battery is $275 or more, and even simple tasks have to be run through an aviation certified mechanic and signed off on at $100 or more per hour. An annual inspection can start at $700 (if the owner helps) and climb to the moon if parts need to be replaced.
@@jamesbergman4917 auto shops charge over $100 an hour, some oil changes at a shop are a couple hundred bucks if you buy full synthetic and a good filter, if a car is properly maintained its very comparable...just nobody properly maintains their cars, and as you pointed out these have to be properly maintained and signed off on, and everything HAS to be done or supervised by a certified aviation mechanic.
This video took me back. Jimmy, you became James Steward from "Flight Of The Phoenix". You put your last start cartridge in Vanessa and yelled Clear Prop!.
I'm yelling at the monitor saying, "Come on Vanessa, you can do it!". Her engine comes to life with a powerful force, knocking the gas tank off the wing. I jumped
out of my seat shouting, "WOO HOO" as Vanessa continues to run until she runs out of gas. Crazy? maybe, but I enjoyed this video and your Happy dance.
Put Vanessa's picture on as T-shirt as she sit now and I'll be the first to buy one. Love the video, thanks for sharing. :-)
I believe it's spelled Stewart.
@@jumpinjojo
starrwoman1
1 second ago
Well Joseph, with all the excitement going on with Vanessa and all, I guess my spell check didn't catch it but I got my point across. That's all that matters. Thanks.
@ I have to agree with you on that fact. 100% :-)
I was doing the finger count as well. Enjoying this in 🇬🇧
Should have named it Karen or Hoss
This has quickly become my favorite YT channel
Nice going .. glad you got it started... 🙂
I keep expecting Derek from Vice Grips Garage to come round and lend a feller a hand or three.
His disclaimer at the beginning of the show is about the same. Derek is a funnier feller.
@@randallksparks1 Vice Grip Garage also knows how to work on engines. This guy clearly should not be touching stuff he knows nothing about
@@blowinkk9396 first time watching this guy..and the first thing I thought is how Derek would've had the auxiliary fuel tank hooked up once there was fuel delivery issues.
My father despised vice grips and always insisted I use the proper wrench.
He called vice grips "the Tiajauna socket set".
So when’s the next video? I just binge watched them all and what a hoot they were. I love seeing what you are doing with old planes. That Bonanza was sad but definitely a parts plane with the magnesium control surfaces! I watched a local shop at me field restore a old Bonanza and then crash and total it ( no one hurt) on the first test flight when the engine quit in the pattern and they couldn’t make the runway. It was a shame to see all that work wasted. Keep up the videos as I love watching them. You are very entertaining plus knowledgeable in what you are doing. Keep it up!
Nice video thank's !
Legend!! Well done ….. Persistence pays off :)
Would love to see a full resto on this plane. Love the V tail.
Yes me too, I had a "Dinky Toy" metal model of this plane when I was about 10.
You wouldn't want to see the price tag of a full restoration of that thing. Engine and airframe are bound to have corrosion and that all needs to be checked. You could buy a flying vintage Bonanza in annual for less than what it would end up costing just to get this POS legally airworthy again and that doesn't include paint, interior, and avionics updates. I see corrosion all over the control yoke. That means corrosion will be everywhere. Old Bonanzas like this are pretty cheap because they're so expensive to maintain and repair. Parts for those old E-Series Continental engines are getting real pricey, too.
Every airport has at least a few derelict airplanes like this sitting around. Yes, they can be made to run but you wouldn't want to fly one. If they've been sitting out for 10 years or more in most climate conditions a buyer is better off parting them out.
Restoration would be easily north of 150K.
I was waiting for this one as my Sunday night threat, thanks!! 😁
Great video 😊
These videos are literally the BEST bro, keep em coming! Also, you think he would eventually learn to always bring a spare battery lol
Jimmy is the neighbor we all wish we had. So glad I found this channel. 🙏🏻👊🏻
It Wasn’t Merle Haggard.
The Big Bopper was sick and asked Bass Player and friend of Buddy, “Waylon Jennings” if he could have Waylons seat on the plane and Waylon said sure. He’d ride the freezing cold bus to help him out.
The rest is history.
It was the absolute worst example of aeronautical decision making that they found a pilot to take the flight with four adult males and baggage on board, and take off into darkness with snow actively falling. The Bonanza was not the airplane to tackle icing conditions with; they were most likely over weight at take-off, and the pilot had failed his initial instrument check ride. What possibly could have gone wrong - sadly DID!
@@ZetaByteMe also I believe the 1960’s attitude indicator might have been still caged, not that VFR pilot was rated to utilize it, but didn’t help in a black sky and landscape, little to no points of reference to show a climb/decent/level flight. CFIT
I don't recall anything in the accident report mentioning it being caged, only that it was a different or non-standard presentation. An instrument qualified pilot would have immediately noticed it being caged when their natural cross-check noted the turn coordinator indicating a turn, while the ADI showed wings level. A caged ADI should be almost as obvious as a tachometer reading zero.
Waylon, Old Friend: th-cam.com/video/Pa-ZJlO2-7U/w-d-xo.html
See how people can get wrong info and mess everything up.. better they keep shut if they dont know..
Jimmy thank you for the history lesson and the video.
i love to see your effort and patience .i like it .God bless u.
Jimmy - 1.1M views...What?!! Being with you from the very beginning - you are certainly bringing me on an adventure. I just buckled up and pulled the straps tight, because you are about to takeoff off my man. Clear prop
2.1M views...I wish I could figure out this FaceTube thing! Way to go Captain Jimmy.
What a great video! I was totally on the edge of my seat rootin' for Vanessa. The second I first looked at the Bonanza in the other video, I had the name La Bamba picked in my mind, out of respect to Misters Holly, Richardson and Valens. Looking forward to more content!
I think Donna would be better. That's what Ritchie would have wanted.
@@lancomedic That's a great point!
Very good job dud well done 👍🏻👌
You remind me of ME... In 2022 we restored a 1984 Renault Fuego Turbo Coupe. That had been in a garage in upstate New York for 38 YEARS! Sold it and drove it to a Collector in New York City, from West Texas to New York City..
This is so interesting. I worked in the Piper plant in Lock Haven. For a couple of years across from where the Aztec started life.
Im an aircraft maintenance engineer apprentice, still starting off, young days, but this content makes me happy. So thank you!
Engineer?
A&P license?
I think it will run, but I don't think it should be flown without a complete go over on everything.
Apprentice, and Europe. Got all A licence modules tho! Currently working on C-17's 😄
Canadian/British system, called AME's, Aircraft Maintenance Engineers, equal to A&P, IA.
I so hate youtubes algorithm. I watch a bunch of aviation content, and a bunch of people reviving old machines. But I never heard of this channel until the collab with cleetus. With what I watch I clearly should have seen this channel as a recommendation a LONG time ago. Awesome channel BTW, new subscriber and loving it so far.
Thanks for the piece of the plane! Looks real good and documents do too!
Glad you liked it!
Here's another observation. Please - anyone wanting to spin and start a long ignored engine, do some prep work on it FIRST! Try mixing some Marvel Mystery oil with a little engine oil, and dump a decent amount in each cylinder. Then slowly pull the prop through to force this mixture down beside the pistons, into the ring groves, and on into the crank case. If it's an engine you want to fly behind, it would be even better to pull a cylinder so you can get your eyes on the cam and lifters to check their condition. Simply going for it, is a good way to turn a salvageable engine into a candidate for immediate rebuild which really sends the $$ numbers into the stratosphere.
The FAA airworthiness regs are going to require this engine to be rebuilt anyway if it's ever going to get its airworthiness certificate back. He was really just checking to make sure it wasnt seized and didn't have a knock.
@@sportaholic4482 FAA doesn't care about old planes like. Don't need no stinking airworthiness badge.
@@sportaholic4482 What regs are those? I don’t recall anything like that for part 91. Annual inspection signed off by an A&P with an IA and should be good though probably needs the registration. With that said there is about zero chance of it getting a successful inspection without 2x - 3x more $$$ than it’s worth.
Yep looks like a good way to screw up an engine.
@@thurgogopro5338 those old LV motors are built for abuse. You aren't going to hurt its feelings by dry starting it. Snowflake motors these days cry at you if you leave them outside over night without a little blankie
Jimmy, I don't know what you did to achieve this level of success which allows you to blow thousands of dollars on "projects" but I hope to achieve the same level so I can have the freedom to do the same one day. Congrats!
Me too.
how do u know he didn't give the guy $50? you gotta have fiddy bucks, doncha? shit, he might have given the guy a six pack for the sheer entertainment value of trying to get that thing started!
I hope he didn’t give him more than a 12 pack because he will have more into it than what it sells for. Or he just bought BTC at $1
@@h2oski1200 entertainment value love it! 😂🤣😂🤣
Someone out there is getting paid by Jimmy to have Jimmy figure out how to get the plane off his land.
It was Waylon Jennings and Tommy Allsup, not Merle Haggard. After Holly discovered Allsup and Jennings had agreed to go on with the tour bus, he jokingly remarked to the latter, “Well, I hope your ol’ bus freezes up!” It was then that Jennings replied, “Well, I hope your ol’ plane crashes!”-a remark that would haunt him for decades.
Hi, see your video, very nice...! You make me happy when it start up. Next time "ready to taxi"... 😉😁
Good job Jimmy...!!! 😊👍
Jimmy, Good to see you again. I'm glad you're still alive! The whole time I was on the edge of my seat wondering when Vanessa would "catch" and you would need those worn out brakes to keep you from buying another motorhome! p.s. The day the music died, are you sure it wasn't Waylon Jennings that gave up his seat? He told me that when Buddy left for the airport, he jokingly said to Waylon, "I hope that you catch a cold." and Waylon said to Buddy, "Well I hope your plane crashes." That messed up Waylon for a long time. Take care.
Just love your enthusiasm and well done for getting her running.
I was 10 when I made the Keil Kraft rubber powered model of the Beechcraft Bonanza.
I bet you want to keep her now, give her a good clean up and tlc and then just play with it.
I would hate to see her just left to rot.
Save her. She'll never fly again but that doesnt matter.
Start a museum.
Peter
Always bring a can of insect repellent, ie Ridsect or Bygon with you when you go to look at old and neglected airplanes.
Just subscribed. Cool video and story
I ways always under the impression, that the other person on the other end of that coin flip was Waylon Jennings. Jennings wouldn't talk about it for 40 years because of what he said to Buddy Holly after he lost the flip. "Well, I hope your ol' plane crashes". Just the kind of things we men say to each other...without really meaning it.
It was indeed Waylon Jennings. He and Buddy had been friends for years, and he was touring with Buddy, playing bass. Buddy Holly said "I hope your bus gets stuck in a snow bank", and Waylon replied "well, I hope your plane crashes", or words to that effect. Buddy had been the person who had gotten Waylon Jennings into performing in the first place, and he stopped playing music for several years after the crash. There was a pretty good interview floating around on TH-cam for awhile with Waylon opening up about the crash for the first time.
Wish they'd both taken the bus. :(
@@johngelnaw1243 The musician that lost the coin flip was Tommy Allsup. Jennings gave his plane seat up to the Big Bopper because the Big Bopper had the flu.
Please don't let the V-tail become a parts bird. She is showing signs of life. Love the videos.
I didn't watch the full video but I did see the engine running on spray then dying out. I heard him mention faulty key switch. I'd go through the fuel system before calling it quits..It don't matter how much money someone has, no airplane will sit 20 years outside , then just end up adding air to tires and a jump pack and start up.
Precisely, why junk the entire plane when all it needs is some plumbing. Its got spark, it got air, it’s turning with starter fluid, all it needs is the fuel making it.
@@ak_jam and control surfaces to work, and the electrical system rebuilt, and the brakes, and fixing oil leaks, ect..
probably 100 ad’s to comply with and a corroded wing and tail spars
@@ak_jam It's likely well over the time for a rebuild which has to be done by a certified mechanic and costs a lot of money. Not sure what qualifications Jimmy has but if he has an A&P certification, he could do it.
Your boy is lucky to have a good dad like you!
LOL now this is entertainment love watching you Jimmy great videos 😎👌
You’re living the dream my friend! Stumbled across your channel a few weeks ago and I think I’ve watched almost all your videos. I’m a Florida boy myself born and raised over in St Pete now live over near St Augustine. My son and I are working on out PPL together right now and I am currently looking for a plane. Keep up the great content!!!
I have a whole lot of time in Bonanzas. Love em. Wish I had that plane here in Chile. Jim
Doesn’t look like this one will run. Thanks for the videos. Love watching them
I love this guy, he cracks me up!!!
The Hoovies Garage of aviation! Love it!! Ps: I had the closed captions on, and every time the engine spun, the translation was no no no no no no no no lol
Might want to get checked out in bonanza to know how systems work, wobble pump then engine driven fuel pump keeps it going
But do need to seal the system before it becomes a big fireball
Good stuff 👍
those diagnoses steps are old school mechanics. never fail. 💞💯🙏