VH-RPC Beech S35
Bonanza
(c/n D-7494)
The S35 was
basically a P35 with a 285 hp Continental IO-520-B engine. It
also had a more
pointy tail cone as evidenced in this shot by
Greg Banfield taken at Schofields, NSW in March
1983. This Bonanza,
which
was first registered on 18 September 1964 is still current and is
now registered
to Kevin Liddell who provides the contemporary shot of it (below) taken
at its
now home base of
Coffs Harbour in May 2013. Kevin advises that the
aircraft was originally
registered to the Russell Pastoral
Company in Queensland, hence the rego. It now has a three
bladed
prop instead of the original two blade, a one piece speedslope
windscreen together with
thicker, tinted side perspex. The
interior instrument panel has also been upgraded. Finally the
machine has been finished in Beechcraft
anniversary colors.