Red Beech

10/02/2023

Props away for overhaul

09/16/2023

It is always fun opening parcels that arrive from the USA for the Beech 18…

09/02/2023

Playing with the inner workings of the propellers today…

03/27/2023

Signs of spring.

03/18/2023

Even if the aeroplane is tucked up in the hangar waiting for better weather we enjoy getting the wheels up with a nice porter brewed by the local Wagtail Brewery.

02/24/2023

Great service from Southern Aero Exchange, we needed some small hard to find parts for the Beech 18. In less than 48 hours from packing they arrived at our base at Old Buckenham Airfield, great service, thank you Shelley Warren for helping keep these old aircraft flying.

02/18/2023

Red Beech has a friend staying for a couple of weeks…

02/14/2023

Engineers poking around in the Beech.

02/12/2023

Henry helped too.

02/09/2023

Emerging from annual maintenance.

01/08/2023

Two boxes of bits for the Red Beech, that will keep the engineers busy for a couple of days.

12/12/2022

Always plenty to do when not flying.

11/17/2022

With winter maintenance starting it is time to begin planning adventures for next year.

11/10/2022

The Red Beech arrived 6 months ago, this picture taken on one of its first outings away from Old Buckenham.

11/03/2022

Vintage electric test bench recently arrived at our engineer’s hangar.

10/31/2022

Having a full set of manuals for the Red Beech makes maintenance so much easier.

10/26/2022

In addition to the first aid kit required by the aircraft certification we have a second more comprehensive kit supplied by Get Set Medic: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100067561518644

10/25/2022

Picture of the Red Beech from its time with Boeing found in the aircraft’s records.

10/19/2022

Looking through paperwork that came with the Red Beech and found a copy of an old advert from 1963 and decided to see what $47,000 is worth now.

10/13/2022

Even the drink flasks have an interesting history: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_bottle

10/11/2022

Time to clean and get the drink flasks working.

What should we fill them with?

10/09/2022

The Red Beech nose has an 80 gallon fuel tank and luggage space, combined load can be 600lbs… careful weight and balance calculations when using, luckily we have a rear luggage compartment and seats down the back to balance it all out.

10/07/2022

One of the Red Beech’s first visits to North Weald earlier this year.

10/05/2022

Thankfully the previous owners of the the Red Beech have looked after the paperwork and records, we have boxes of interesting and useful documents.
Amongst the various files I found these tags from it’s time with Boeing.

09/29/2022

https://www.facebook.com/698970050214685/posts/5134168376694808/?app=fbl

09/28/2022

09/28/2022

Old Buckenham to Dunkeswell for MEP revalidation, lunch and a nice trip back to Old Buckenham.