Beechcraft BE-55 Baron
  • Passengers: 6
  • Max takeoff weight: 5,300 lbs
  • Max landing weight: Empty Weight: 3,346 lbs
  • Max fuel capacity: 142 US gallons
  • Max range: 889 Nm (4hr 48min) High Speed Cruise
  • Max ceiling: 24,000'
  • Max cruising speed: 224 KIAS
  • Thrust/ Power 2x 285 HP
WALL OF FAME - 2009
    • Name: Jack Showers
    • Airline: Private
    • Date: 03 February 2009
    • Notes: 266 knots ground speed sustained for 13 minutes or so with excursions up to the low 280's. I was on the way to a Beechcraft owners' function (BPPP) in Lakeland, FL from Lafayette, LA, at 15,000; straight, level and smooth. These best ground speeds were from a straight downwind leg on a day after a cold front came raging through the Deep South. The airplane is a stock, unmodified 1979 B55 Baron with IO-470L's. Photos of the steam gauges were taken about a half hour earlier on a more easterly heading and show the engine settings and indicated airspeed for the entire flight.
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