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Civilian Aircraft V-tail 30.5" : Airplane Wind Spinners
Size: 30.5 in. X 5.5 in. Wingspan 33 in.
At the end of World War II, two all-metal light aircraft emerged, the
That represented very different approaches to the premium end of the postwar civil-aviation market.
Designed by a team led by Ralph Harmon, the model 35 Bonanza was a relatively fast, low-wing monoplane at a time when most light aircraft were still made of wood and fabric.
The Model 35 featured retractable landing gear, and its signature V-tail (equipped with a combination elevator-rudder called a "ruddervator"), which made it both efficient and the most distinctive private aircraft in the sky.
The prototype 35 Bonanza made its first flight on December 22, 1945, with the first production aircraft debuting as 1947 models.
The first 30–40 Bonanzas produced had fabric-covered flaps and ailerons, after which, those surfaces were covered with magnesium alloy sheet.
The V-tail design gained a reputation as the "forked-tail doctor killer",[11] due to crashes by overconfident amateur pilots with high-level skills outside aviation,[12] fatal accidents, and inflight breakups.
[13] "Doctor killer" has sometimes been used to describe the conventional-tailed version, as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_Bonanza