MHG From Germany, joined Dec 2004, 671 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (11 months 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 2959 times:
No, it´s a Beech Baron E55 - and not a B55 as some might have guessed initially ...
The E 55 (285 HP) has air inlets on top of the cowling - the B 55 (260 HP) doesn´t have this.
Only the B 58 (or the actual G 58) has also these air inlets on the upper side of the cowling but has a longer fuselage (+ more windows, of course ...)
canoecarrier From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 2657 posts, RR: 12 Reply 11, posted (11 months 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 1776 times:
Quoting MHG (Reply 2): No, it´s a Beech Baron E55 - and not a B55 as some might have guessed initially ...
The E 55 (285 HP) has air inlets on top of the cowling - the B 55 (260 HP) doesn´t have this.
Is this a 2 bladed version? Kind of looks like it.
Quoting peanuts (Reply 10): Gotta love that red carpet treatment!
At the FBO I used to work at any twin got them. I'll never forget chasing those rugs around the ramp when you were too busy to pick them up when the planes left.