I bought my own airplane!! Meet "Debi" the 1966 C33A Beechcraft Debonair

[Music] girl you look like a model from the 60s natural kind of beauty no surgeries can't get this kind of look from anything else but God and everybody knows it too you got that 60s kind of f to you and it's hard to be ain't going to find it here in the century other people try but they can't compete you got that kind of class a't no body teach I want to hold you now till infinity look back on the years count our memories other the people try but they can't compete you got that kind of classic body [Music] brings the day is finally here and I'm so happy to introduce Debbie my 1966 c33a beachcraft deban Aire I've been waiting over 4 years for this day so I'm I very very happy to be here and I'm excited to give you guys a little tour of her beachcraft is known for crafting clean line aircraft and the Deon a is no exception her paint is in great shape and as you can see she's a beautiful red and silver Kind of Perfect since she's here in the silver state of Nevada she's got a heart sole three blade prop and was overhauled down in Santa Monica California and only has just over 400 hours I like the three-blade design versus the two blade as it makes it much less nois in the cockpit she's got a continental IO 520 engine that easily cruises around 180 knots or over 200 mph this one is almost 30 years old so during the pre- buby I did a very thorough look to make sure it would perform and last though 30 years is a long time these engines if maintain well are built to last Debbie is equipped with longrange tanks giving her a total of 74 gallons usable or 37 gallons per tank the Leading Edge tanks are located in each wing with a useful load of almost 12200 lb she can carry both a lot of fuel and is a true four- seat airplane the deboner is high performance meaning it has over 200 horsepower available this one having 280 it's retractable gear and beachcraft Prides itself on having some of the best Simply Built gear than its competitors I have a gear up and down light inside my cockpit as well as an emergency hand crank that sits just behind the front passenger seat now some of you may be wondering why is it called to beachcraft eban a if it looks just like a bonanza well it basically is a bonanza the beachcraft deban Aire was the first straight tail Bonanza but while the classic beail Bonanza was discontinued the demoner continued in production and after a while beachcraft decided to call it for what it is a bonanza personally I'm glad it was called a Debon a for a time otherwise I would not have named her Debbie let's go take a look inside she's got a single door entrance an exit as well as a baggage door here that leads to an actually bigger than you would think baggage compartment the interior overall is in great shape the previous owner opted for a Sleek gray color throughout the entire plane and going forward I'm definitely going to be putting my own personal touch on this plane so I'll be upgrading both the interior and the panel over here at the panel you can see I've got all the basic necessities for VFR flight though it's pretty prehistoric to say the least I've got my analog instruments here as well as a digital EGT and CHT above my original engine monitoring instruments here my battery and alternator switches sit in the left next to the turnkey mags and starter moving left you can see I have a dual yolk originally This Plane had what's called a throwover Yol for single Pilot Flying I do like that both me and the front passenger can fly while I can still have control of the airplane should I need to jump in this Spar however does make it a little hard to see some things on the panel you can see my flaps up and down switch here as well as its corresponding light my trim wheel sits just below and my Landing Gear Up and Down light sits just above my landing gear switch all the way on the left here are my lights and above my wonderful 30-year-old radios I have a working Collins audio bar Comm 1 and nav1 radio and basic adsb out transponder it does have a VFR and IFR GPS with an autopilot that slaves to the IFR GPS however both GPS's are an OP so they're also obsolete despite the panel's old age she's got a lot of character and I can't wait to make some upgrades to make her my own I'm going to be making a video in the future about my experience and what the steps were for buying my very first aircraft it was definitely a bit of a process but so rewarding thanks for watching this short but sweet video and I'm very excited to bring you guys along for my flying adventures in Debbie let me know if you guys have any questions about the beachcraft debbon a in the comment section below and I'll see you next [Music] time [Music] a

Channel: Hayley Herberg

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Length: 5min 39sec (339 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 07 2024