WINONA. Minn. – Expect an aviation spectacular when dozens of Beech Bonanzas make a mass arrival at the Winona airport Friday. The planes will be congregating in Winona enroute to the annual Oshkosh fly-in in Wisconsin. The operator of Winona’s Max Conrad Field, George Bolon, said there could be as many as 150 Bonanzas on the ground. He invited people to come by field in Goodview, to throw blanket on the grass, and watch through the airport fence. Try to be there y 1:30 p.m. , he said. The pilots will later take off in salvos for LaCrosse and then t0 Oshkosh.
In formation. Imagine 150 of these aloft and together.
Bonanza profile
Beech Aircraft introduced the Bonanza in1947 and has built 17,000. The plane has been in continuous production longer than any other aircraft in history. It’s a relatively fast, low-wing, all-aluminum design with a distinctive V-tail. Unusual among light business aircraft when the oinanza was introduced was retractable landing gear. Power is from a single horizontally opposed six-cylinder engine. Speed: 200 mph. Ceiling: 18,500 feet.