Lunch in Honfleur with friends:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT5gTefs6FQ&t=31s
Trip Report (Historical) – South Africa to the UK, September 1998
I bought my A36 Bonanza in July 1998 in South Africa when the currency was having one of its periodic falls. I wrote up the story of the ferry flight for Aero Africa magazine (RIP), and have just found it again. For the full story, see my A36 Blog.
For the full story, see my A36 Blog.
To Annemasse with Jane
Flying from Fairoaks EGTF to Annemasse LFLI in the Bonanza. Includes some VFR flying in the Portes du Soleil ski area in France (Morzine, St Jean d’Aulps, Grande Terche).
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTe-ZMbiE30
More Bonanza stuff at GZLOJ.net
Day Trip to Deauville
Lunch with friends in Honfleur.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrjXRiWHhHQ
Flying to the Alps
April 2015: flying from Fairoaks to Friedrichshafen EDNY for Aero Expo and on to Annemasse LFLI.
httpv://youtu.be/nGagcw0-gJ4
IV Sqn Logo on G-ZLOJ Tail
I had a couple of IV Sqn stickers made up and put them on the tail – very tasteful!
Aspen Installed
There’s a little tidying up to do, but it’s pretty much complete!
More photos at gzloj.net
Air to Air
In formation with a Stearman at the Virgin Atlantic Fly-In at Compton Abbas in September.
More photos on my A36 blog.
Annemasse
A quick trip to Annemasse (LFLI) in the A36. More photos at GZLOJ.net
A36 to Mali Losinj
For our first big trip in the A36 we flew from Denham (EGLD) near London, to Mali Losinj (LDLO) Croatia, for the EuroGA.org fly-in.
While there I took the chance to fly the DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ quadcopter – some footage is included here.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdBd54CJ22E&feature=youtu.be
A36 to Croatia
The Bonanza is finally airworthy! The engine has been zero-timed and we’ve replaced the Garmin GNS530 with a Garmin GTN750. Also added are an ADL120 datalink weather box and a PMA8000BT Bluetooth Audio panel.
For our first major trip we joined the EuroGA.org fly-in to Mali Losinj in Croatia. Strong headwinds gave us a 6 hr 5 minute flight outbound, but with tip tanks installed we landed with 37 US gallons of fuel, over three hours reserve. After a day and a half socialising and flying the Phantom 2 Vision+ (video to follow), we returned to the UK in glorious weather.
A36 Weight & Balance
The spreadsheet could easily be converted to use with other aircraft.
Download it here if you’d like to use it.