It's been a long road to get to this point, but my brother's A35 Bonanza project is finally ready to fly!
The project plane was transported from North Dakota to southern Missouri with the wings removed, and then reassembled at our private grass airstrip in the Ozarks. Life tends to get in the way of aviation pursuits, and it ended up taking over 2 years to get the airplane into airworthy shape. Finally, on January 4th, I took "Bonita" on her first flight in over 20 years.
This video won't show you how to test fly a 74 year old airplane. There are too many behind the scenes details that would make an instructional video far too long. Rather, this video will hopefully convey the nervous excitement I experienced while strapping in to an aircraft that hadn't flown in so long.
Strap in and enjoy the ride, I know I did!
Ben Weeks Bonanza Pilot