From Travel Air to Baron, How Beech Created a Classic

From Travel Air to Baron, How Beech Created a Classic by Larry A Ball. Published by Ball Publications, Indianapolis, IN, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardbound. Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Fine in Good DJ. 504 Pgs. ISBN 0964151405. LCCN 94-94265. This book tells the complete story of Beech Aircraft's recognition of the need for a true light twin engine airplane in the mid 1950s, a need to fill the large market gap between the ever popular single engine Bonanza and the much larger (and more expensive) Model 50 Twin Bonanza. Design concept, marketing strategy, and development of this Beechcraft model line model line from the very first Travel Air in 1958 until the last in 1968 is covered. All the many Baron models are included, with statistics and black and white photographs, beginning with the first Model 55 in 1961 and continuing through the 1994 Model 58 Baron. Description text copyright 2009 www.BooksForComfort.net. Item ID 19458.