Episode 2547.2 | Beechcraft Heritage Museum | Tennessee Crossroads
Around our state are all kinds of museums dedicated to preserving many different artifacts. One Tennessee museum may be unique in the country, since it is dedicated to preserving the memory of one particular brand of Airplane. Tennessee Crossroads takes us on a visit to the Beechcraft Heritage Museum in Tullahoma, TN. Watch this and more episode segments of Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads.
Episode 3233.2 | Beechcraft Air Museum | Tennessee Crossroads
It's hard for most of us to explain why we really like a particular thing. All we know is what we like, whether it's cars, peanut butter or airplanes. That's right, different makes of airplanes attract fans and collectors. One of the most dedicated groups regularly makes a pilgrimage to Tennessee to experience all things Beechcraft. Rob Wilds recently joined them in a very special celebration at the Beechcraft Heritage Museum in Tullahoma, TN. Watch this and more episode segments of Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads.
Beech Party 2017
I attended Beech Party which is a yearly event at the Beechcraft Heritage Museum in Tullahoma, TN. It is an annual event that brings Beechcraft owners and enthusiasts together for a weekend full of flying and activities! I have been going to this for years and its an event if you haven't gone you should!
Cover Photo: Eddie Rapid Photo (check him out on Facebook)
Tullahoma, TN Fly-In Aerial Attractions
Another edition of our popular short-field invitational along with a P-51 Mustang flyby and aerial performance by Jeremy Holt make our final AOPA Fly-In of 2019 an opportunity not to be missed.
Twin Beech 18 Formation Flight - Beech Party 2012
A rare chance to experience some formation flying with three Twin Beech 18s at the Beech Party 2012 held at the Beechcraft Heritage Museum at Tullahoma in Tennessee, USA.
Tullahoma
There are great seminars, workshops and excursions for you to enjoy at our AOPA fly in to Tullahoma, TN. You can even tour one of the United States Air Force's most sophisticated test facilities at Arnold Air Force Base.
Tullahoma, Tennessee
Tullahoma and surrounding areas. Images. Music supplied by Emerson, Lake and Palmer. For entertainment purposes only.
Cubic Transportation Systems: Tullahoma, TN
If you've ever used public transportation in cities like New York, San Diego, Chicago, London or Sydney, just to name a few, you've used a piece of equipment made right here in Tullahoma, Tennessee. Cubic Transportation Systems has been operating in Tullahoma since 1984, manufacturing revenue collection equipment such as vending machines, passenger gates, bus fare boxes, and smart card related hardware for transit customers worldwide. Cubic has 175 major customers in 40 markets on 5 continents. 50 million people use their equipment to get to where they need to go every single day!
Wilson Avenue Turning Lane Abuse - Tullahoma Tennessee
3: 20 PM 11.26.2018 and traffic picks up on Wilson Avenue in Tullahoma Tennessee. High School turning out and other evening traffic. Turning lane is used as a driving lane from the high school to the left turn onto Cherry Lane...
Olive Beech Documentary for the San Diego Air & Space Museum
This is a short documentary on Olive Beech for the San Diego Air & Space Museum's Hall-of-Fame.
Tims Ford Lake Tullahoma Tn
It was Sunday, labor day weekend at Tims Ford Lake in Tullahoma Tennessee.Tims Ford Lake is a reservoir run by the Tennessee Valley Authority in southern middle Tennessee. Tims Ford Dam was built by the TVA from 1966 to 1970, stands 175 feet high and 1580 feet long at its ... Wikipedia
Area: 16.72 mi²
Surface elevation: 889′
Location: Franklin / Moore counties, Tennessee, United States
Outflow location: Elk River
Inflow source: Elk River
Fish: Smallmouth bass, Rainbow trout, Largemouth bass, Channel catfish, Spotted bass
Short Springs State Natural Area, Tullahoma, TN
Keys to the Ctiy- Tullahoma, TN Mayor Troy Bisby
Mark Malkoff hangs out with Tullahoma, TN Mayor Bisby .
Hampton Inn Tullahoma - Tullahoma Hotels, Tennessee
Hampton Inn Tullahoma 2 Stars Hotel in Tullahoma, Tennessee Within US Travel Directory This Tullahoma, Tennessee hotel offers a free hot breakfast and free high-speed internet access.
The University of Tennessee Space Institute and the Jack Daniel’s Distillery are minutes from the hotel.
Every room at the Hampton Inn Tullahoma includes a coffee maker and a work desk.
The rooms also feature cable TV with in-room films.
A fitness room and an outdoor pool are on-site at the Tullahoma Hampton Inn hotel.
The hotel boasts a multi-lingual staff.
Prescott Bottling & Distribution is just a short drive from the Tullahoma, Tennessee Hampton Inn hotel.
The Beechcraft Heritage Museum and the Cowan Railroad Museum are also near the hotel.
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Beech Staggerwing
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The Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing is an American biplane with an atypical negative stagger (the lower wing is further forward than the upper wing), that first flew in 1932.
The Beech UC-43 Traveler was a slightly modified version of the Staggerwing. In late 1938, the United States Army Air Corps purchased three Model D17S to evaluate them for use as light liaison aircraft. These were designated YC-43. After a short flight test program, the YC-43s went to Europe to serve as liaison aircraft with the air attachés in London, Paris, and Rome.
Adventure USA Part 2
Adventure USA Part 2 - 1,200 miles in the air
Here ist Part 1!
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Departure airports: Hanover Airport, Hodenhagen Airfield and Celle Arloh Airfield
Photos: Thomas Schüttoff
A flying adventure in the USA – the Stearman Crew now owns a Beechcraft D18 and is about to experience a new chapter in the land of superlatives. It all starts with a hearty breakfast. The crew makes plans.
O-Ton Wilfried Brauckmann – hobby pilot
“Now we’ll drive out to the airfield. And then head south so we can break in the aircraft a bit.”
The 1st leg of the trip? from Rockford to St. Louis, Missouri
The weather is patchy.
O-Ton Thomas Schüttoff – aircraft expert
“The greatest hazard when flying by visual flight regulation is bad weather. But this aircraft is equipped to fly with instruments too. And most of the crew is licensed to do so.”
Then fog from the Missouri River and curious people at the airfield.
St. Louis is not just any old city – in 1927, the legendary Charles Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic non-stop in the “Spirit of St. Louis,” an aircraft named after sponsors from this city.
And this guy is not any old pilot – he’s Albert Stix, the owner of a huge collection of historic aircraft.
O-Ton Roman Niedworok - pilot
“These are rarities you probably wouldn’t find all in one place anywhere in Europe. And they’re all still airworthy.”
Looking at all the airplanes can be exhausting. The barbecue is just the thing now. Served up with a tip for our next stop.
Tullahoma, Tennessee
The aircraft and its pilots find lodgings here.
The Beechcraft Heritage Museum will have to wait until tomorrow.
The Parish family has collected a dozen Beechcraft which hail the history of aviation.
O-Ton Thomas Schüttoff – aircraft expert
“What Walter Beech did? He created a business plane, a four-seater with a closed cabin and retractable landing gear. Back in the 1930s, it was way ahead of its time. And the one that followed the Beech 17 was our own Beech 18. It took off for the first time in 1936.”
This red Beech, built in 1946, became a factory aircraft for Boeing after being in private ownership for a few years.
Flying with the simple technology of the 1920s and 30s still works today.
Now it’s time to start on the last leg:
From Tullahoma to Lakeland, Florida
At 9,000 feet in the Beech 18 it’s cold, loud and because of the updraft, pretty wobbly.
O-Ton Bernd Huke – hobby pilot
“After flying for so long you simply enjoy it. If the plane starts shaking around a bit in the air, it’s like in a car on a bumpy road. You get used to it. I don’t mind it at all.”
I do, but the view makes up for a lot.
The Gulf of Mexico is the sign that we are getting close.
In Lakeland Sun and Fun, a huge international vintage airplane convention awaits us.
O-Ton Roman Niedworok - pilot
“It’s so great it worked out. That was on my wish list. It’s like celebrating Christmas and Easter all at once.”
O-Ton Wilfried Brauckmann – hobby pilot
“And it’s simply fantastic to fly here in America, with its large open spaces, and so many possibilities.“
My American adventure ends here but the Stearman Crew is in for their greatest challenge.
And this is what happens next
Across the Atlantic to Hanover – a journey which takes the aircraft and its pilots to their limits
Abenteuer USA Teil 2 - Von Illinois nach Florida
Hier geht´s zu Teil 1!
Fliegerabenteuer in den USA – die Stearman Crew besitzt nun eine Beechcraft D18 und erlebt ein neues Kapitel im Land der Superlative. Und das fängt beim üppigen Frühstück an. Die Crew schmiedet Pläne.
Wilfried Brauckmann „Jetzt werden wir zum Flugplatz rausfahren. Und dann geht’s gen Süden auf Strecke, damit wir ein bisschen die Maschinen einfliegen können.“
1. Etappe: Von Rockford nach St. Louis, Missouri
Das Wetter ist - eher durchwachsen
Thomas Schüttoff “Das ist die größte Gefahr bei der Sichtfliegerei, bei der Privatfliegerei ist eben schlechtes Wetter. Aber mit diesem Flugzeug hier haben wir auch die Ausstattung um mit AFA, nach Instrumentenflugregeln eben, weiterzufliegen. Genauso wie der Großteil der Mannschaft auch die Lizenz dazu hat.“
Dann begrüßt uns im Nebel der Missouri.
Und auf dem Flugplatz eine Gruppe Neugieriger.
St. Louis ist nicht irgendeine Stadt – die Legende Charles Lindbergh überquerte mit der „Spirit of St. Louis“ 1927 erstmals nonstop den Atlantik. Das Flugzeug wurde benannt nach Sponsoren aus der Stadt.
Und dieser Mann ist nicht irgendein Flieger – Albert Stix, Besitzer einer riesigen Sammlung von historischen Flugzeugen.
Roman Niedworok „Raritäten die man so wahrscheinlich in Europa in einer Halle niemals sehen könnte. Und alle Flugzeuge die hier stehen sind noch lufttüchtig.“
Aber auch ganz schön erschöpfend – so ein Flugzeugmuseum. Da kommt das Barbecue gerade recht. Dazu bekommen wir noch einen Tipp für den nächsten Stopp.
Tullahoma, Tennessee
Flugzeug und Flieger finden hier eine Unterkunft.
Das Beechcraft Heritage Museum muss bis zum nächsten Morgen warten.
Die Familie Parish hat hier dutzende Beechcraft zusammengetragen - eine Zeitreise durch die Luftfahrt.
Thomas Schüttoff „Was Walter Beech geschafft hat ist, er hat ein geschäftflugzeug geschaffen, ein viersitziges mit einer geschlossenen Kabine und Einziefahrwerk, was weit, weit seiner Zeit voraus war in den 30Jahren wie es herausgekommen ist. Und der nächste Flieger nach der Beech 17 war ja dann schon unsere Beech18 gewesen, die 36 das erste Mal geflogen ist.“
Die rote Beech, gebaut 1946, wurde nach wenigen Jahren in privater Hand Werksflugzeug bei Boeing. Der Konzern nutzte das Propellerflugzeug für Filmaufnahmen der neuen Boeing Jets.
Mit einfachster Technik wurde in den 20er und 30er Jahren fliegerisch viel erreicht. Und die Technik funktioniert heute noch.
Es geht weiter auf die letzte Etappe:
Von Tullahoma nach Lakeland, Florida
Auf 9000 Fuß in der Beech18 – das ist für mich kalt, laut und wegen der Thermik an diesem Tag verdammt wacklig.
Bernhard Huke„Man fliegt selber schon so lange. Und irgendwann macht fliegen einfach nur noch Spaß. Und wenn es ein bisschen holperig in der Luft ist, ist das wie im Auto das auf einer schlechten Straße fährt. es ist halt eine schlechte Straße in der Luft, da gewöhnt man sich dran. Also ich habe damit noch nie Probleme gehabt.“
Ich schon, aber solche Aussichten entschädigen.
Der Golf von Mexiko ist das Zeichen: es ist nicht mehr weit.
In Lakeland wartet das Sun and Fun, ein riesiges internationales Fliegertreffen.
Roman Niedworok „Das ist einfach toll, dass das tatsächlich geklappt hat. Das stand zwar auf dem Wunschzettel drauf, aber eigentlich ist das für uns gerade wie Weihnachten und Ostern zusammen.“
Wilfried Brauckmann „Und es ist einfach fantastisch hier in Amerika zu fliegen mit der großen Weite und den vielen Möglichkeiten die man hat.“
Für mich ist das Abenteuer USA hier zu Ende. Auf die Stearman Crew wartet ihre größte Herausforderung.
Und so geht’s weiter
Über den Atlantik nach Hannover – diese Reise geht an die Grenzen von Flugzeug und Piloten
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Restoring a Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing – Part 1
Waco Dave has been restoring a Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing so I had to pay him a visit to check on the progress. I am always on the hunt for something historic and Staggerwings are rich in history and beauty. They were used for executive military transport during WWII in the United States Army Air Forces, and thanks to a handful of folks dedicated to the preservation of them, many are still airworthy. I really look forward to seeing the progress of this full restoration in my hometown of St. Augustine, FL and eventually getting a chance to be behind the wheel of a Staggerwing. One of my favorite features on this aircraft besides the staggered wing is the ability to switch the yoke over from the left seat to the right seat. There's also a visible bicycle chain from the yoke to the pedestal, and manual windows.
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