My favorite civilian prop driven aircraft that ever been produced and that one looks like it’s still in pristine brand new condition. What a wonderful piece of history.
The cut away Bonanza is cool. I first saw it in the early 80's in the Smithsonian Air and space museum, the Wikiki Bonanza was hung just above it which is now in the Smithsonian Dulas museum. I have also have been to this Museum it Tennessee, it really good, I've always loved Beechcraft. I have a picture of my father standing next to Mrs Beech, he was a very successful Beech salesman.
I love this aircraft as well, I would love to see a model in Lockheed Martins Prepar3d of high quality. I don't know who to listen to here. I always thought that the forward wing was a canard. Beechcraft in its design refers to it as a Forward Wing. I know that Sukhoi and Mikoyan Military aircraft use them and with great efficiency to gain maneuverability and control. The Piaggio P-180 uses them and is called a canard that doesn't move. NASA used a canard on its F-15 Modified Eagle. The Tupolev Tu-144 used them. The Rutan Voyager had a huge canard if you could even call it a canard. The XB-70 had canards that didn't move with the flaps. The canard can serve two purposes, improve aircraft control or contribute to lift, replacing the horizontal stabilizer and theoretically-reducing overall drag. So in actuality, it's a canard. It's just Beechcraft's designated word for it. Don't get me wrong, I prefer Beechcraft aircraft in my simulators for general aviation aircraft, it's just a technical terminology to me. Thanks for sharing this video, once we get back to a normal state after the Stay Home this is a place on the Bucket List.
The front wings are NOT canards. They are flying wings and are present for lift purposes, not horizontal control. They are what makes the Starship "unstallable." The control surfaces on the front wings operate with the flaps only while landing...
The V tail is NOT less stable than the straight tail. I’m a BPPP instructor. It’s all in how it’s rigged and maintained. The V tail is faster than the straight tail. This is due to less parasitic drag because of one less control surface. This amounts to only a few knots difference, but it’s still there. The V tail Bonanza is probably the most recognized general aviation airplane built and was in production for 35 years.
That's an excellent question! If you are referring to the Mexican flag on the side of the Starship, it is there because the last owner of the plane lived in Mexico. The aircraft did have an "N" registration number (meaning it was registered in the U.S.) before it was purchased by someone from Mexico who then re-registered it with an "XA" number (meaning it was from Mexico). Both numbers are now de-registered.
this particular aircraft belonged to Omnyflys in GDL Airport, that was its homebase until the operator was required to return the aircraft by Beechcraft ., In fact 2 Starship had homebase in Guadalajara, the other one belonged to Aerosafin, they were purchased brand new.
The Starship story is very sad. Because they didn’t make many of them and keeping spares was prohibitively expensive. So they bought as many of them that were available,stripped them and destroyed them. Now there are just a few left in airworthy condition. Sad way for such a modern,forward thinking design.
@@RemotelyRetired they were both available at about the same time. I’ve seen both on the ramp at RDU back at the time,1993-95,when I worked for American Airlines as a baggage handler at RDU. Beautiful aircraft.👍🏻
My favorite civilian prop driven aircraft that ever been produced and that one looks like it’s still in pristine brand new condition. What a wonderful piece of history.
I need to plan a trip to this museum. Thanks for posting.
Great video!
Can't wait to visit there one day
Love how well lit this museum is. The USAF Museum in Dayton always feels kind of dark.
The cut away Bonanza is cool. I first saw it in the early 80's in the Smithsonian Air and space museum, the Wikiki Bonanza was hung just above it which is now in the Smithsonian Dulas museum. I have also have been to this Museum it Tennessee, it really good, I've always loved Beechcraft. I have a picture of my father standing next to Mrs Beech, he was a very successful Beech salesman.
Wow! That is so cool that your dad was a Beech salesperson! I'm assuming he was a pilot as well?
Thank you for sharing!!!
Nice vid! Hope you’re all safe out there!
Thanks! You too!
Thank you for sharing 👍
Wow
That sear in the back of the starship has an emergency potty in it.
Seat in the back of the starship is the potty seat. No flight attendant on those.
I love this aircraft as well, I would love to see a model in Lockheed Martins Prepar3d of high quality. I don't know who to listen to here. I always thought that the forward wing was a canard. Beechcraft in its design refers to it as a Forward Wing. I know that Sukhoi and Mikoyan Military aircraft use them and with great efficiency to gain maneuverability and control. The Piaggio P-180 uses them and is called a canard that doesn't move. NASA used a canard on its F-15 Modified Eagle. The Tupolev Tu-144 used them. The Rutan Voyager had a huge canard if you could even call it a canard. The XB-70 had canards that didn't move with the flaps. The canard can serve two purposes, improve aircraft control or contribute to lift, replacing the horizontal stabilizer and theoretically-reducing overall drag. So in actuality, it's a canard. It's just Beechcraft's designated word for it. Don't get me wrong, I prefer Beechcraft aircraft in my simulators for general aviation aircraft, it's just a technical terminology to me. Thanks for sharing this video, once we get back to a normal state after the Stay Home this is a place on the Bucket List.
I think to stop the producción of Starship has been a big mistake.
The front wings are NOT canards. They are flying wings and are present for lift purposes, not horizontal control. They are what makes the Starship "unstallable." The control surfaces on the front wings operate with the flaps only while landing...
The V tail is NOT less stable than the straight tail. I’m a BPPP instructor. It’s all in how it’s rigged and maintained. The V tail is faster than the straight tail. This is due to less parasitic drag because of one less control surface. This amounts to only a few knots difference, but it’s still there. The V tail Bonanza is probably the most recognized general aviation airplane built and was in production for 35 years.
@@flightforensics4523 That overused , pointless, not as witty as you might think phrase yet again . . .
That Guy in Adison Tx has two Starships ....He'd probably let you fly it!!
Why. Mexican. Flag??
That's an excellent question! If you are referring to the Mexican flag on the side of the Starship, it is there because the last owner of the plane lived in Mexico. The aircraft did have an "N" registration number (meaning it was registered in the U.S.) before it was purchased by someone from Mexico who then re-registered it with an "XA" number (meaning it was from Mexico). Both numbers are now de-registered.
this particular aircraft belonged to Omnyflys in GDL Airport, that was its homebase until the operator was required to return the aircraft by Beechcraft ., In fact 2 Starship had homebase in Guadalajara, the other one belonged to Aerosafin, they were purchased brand new.
The Starship story is very sad. Because they didn’t make many of them and keeping spares was prohibitively expensive. So they bought as many of them that were available,stripped them and destroyed them. Now there are just a few left in airworthy condition. Sad way for such a modern,forward thinking design.
It was a maintenance nightmare, along with being an overweight, underpowered “pig” due to FAA interference in the design phase of the project.
I have often wondered if the Piaggio Avanti was created as a replacement for the Starship...?? Haven't done any research on this.
@@RemotelyRetired they were both available at about the same time. I’ve seen both on the ramp at RDU back at the time,1993-95,when I worked for American Airlines as a baggage handler at RDU. Beautiful aircraft.👍🏻