A-36 Bonanza Scale Model (Free Shipping)

Item#: KBC36T

MSRP Price: $201.95

Factory Direct Price: $149.95

Wing Span: 16.50
Length: 13.50

Manufacturer: Beechcraft

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This Ready to Ship Bonanza A-36 wooden aircraft was handcrafted with absolute precision using the finest Philippine Mahogany and was sealed to last for generations. Working from our library of blueprints, reference materials and their exact photographs, Factory Direct Models master artisans recreated this Bonanza A-36 into an amazingly detailed display scale model that you can display at your home, office, museum, tradeshow or any place you desire.

This Bonanza A-36 scale model aircraft is a perfect gift for Aviation Enthusiasts, Pilot, Aviator or people who took part in developing this airplane.

Please note that the stand shown in this photograph may vary or change with the model you receive.

Your model will be made exactly as shown in the photographs. If you would like to change this model in any other way, please visit Our Custom Model Gallery section of our website to commission a personalized model to be built.

Bonanza A-36 History:

The Beechcraft Bonanza is an American general aviation aircraft introduced in 1947 by The Beech Aircraft Corporation. As of 2008 it is still being produced in derivative form by Hawker Beechcraft. More than 17,000 Bonanzas of all variants have been built.

The QU-22 was a Beech 36/A36 Bonanza modified during the Vietnam War to be an electronic monitoring signal relay aircraft, developed under the project name "Pave Eagle" for the United States Air Force. A reduction geared Continental IO-520 engine was used to reduce its noise signature, much like the later Army-Lockheed YO-3A. These aircraft were intended to be used as unmanned drones to monitor sensors along the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos and report troop and supply movements. However when the project was put into operation in 1968, the drones were all flown by pilots of the 554th Reconnaissance Squadron.

Six YQU-22A prototypes (modifications of the Beech 33 Debonair) were combat-tested in 1968 and two lost during operations, with a civilian test pilot killed. 27 QU-22Bs were modified, 13 in 1969 and 14 in 1970, with 6 lost in combat. Two Air Force pilots were killed in action. All of the losses were due to engine failures or effects of turbulence.