Plane Spotting at Meadows Field | Turboprop Action | Turbine Bonanza | Conquest II | Turbo Commander

[@EJWash57]

I had no idea that Bonanzas were being converted to turboprop. Wonder what the cost to do so is? edite: Just cruised for sale ads. Saw a 1980 conversion on Controller. $390K. Not a bad price considering the other (though larger) single-engine turbines go for north of $1M - used.

[@AeroSuite360]

Very cool that you mention the Bonanza! I wasn't aware of the conversions either. I was able to find that this A36 Turbine Bonanza bearing registration ZS-PNY hails from South Africa. The turbine conversion was performed by Tradewinds. Here is a link to an article from AOPA with lots of interesting information: www.aopa.org/news-and-media/allnews/2015/january/pilot/t_ql