John Eckalbar has packed Flying the Beech Bonanza with more than twenty chapters of information you will find from no other source.

• How much help are flaps in getting over a 50-foot obstacle?
• Does it really pay to cruise climb in a Bonanza?
• What airspeed and rpm yield emergency maximum range?
• Does it make sense to run lean of peak?
• What is the optimum altitude for a trip of 200 or 600 miles?
• How should you adjust your turbulent air penetration speed for light weights?
• How do the performance, handling, and loading characteristics of the four Bonanzas vary?
• How can two tail members do the work of three?

"...required reading for any Bonanza Pilot."
— AOPA Pilot,April 1998

Absolutely outstanding job. It is extremely well researched and reads in a manner that all pilots can understand...I think it is about time that someone had done this type of book for the Bonanza. I think it can be a major contribution to aviation safety."
— John Frank, founder of the Cessna Pilots Association

"...an important contribution to the aviation literature...melding of precise technical information with practical observation makes (the) book enjoyable reading for any pilot...I found it fascinating and suspect others will, too."
— Peter Dogan, late President of PIC (Professional Instrument Courses)

"As a retired Navy test pilot, I was particularly impressed with both the technical presentations and the straightforward pilot talk. I believe that I have a keen insight into how the bird really performs."
— Capt. Jay Arnold

"...absolutely must reading for Bonanza pilots. It is dedicated specifically to Bonanza flight safety and performance."
— Paul Morton, retired Braniff Captain

"I don't fly Bonanzas; in fact, I haven't ridden in one for about three years. Despite this, I've just finished re-reading your "Flying the Beech Bonanza" for the fifth time. It's got to be the most engaging and useful technical book about flying I've ever seen. It literally forces one to think about the airplane and the flight environment in a structured and deliberate manner. The fact that it's type-specific hardly matters. Reasonable good data exists for every airplane, but what's missing is a way to think about that data. Your book fills that gap nicely. Thanks for a fine work."
— Paul De Zan

Second Edition, 202 pages, hardback

Table of Contents
Introduction
First Page of Each Chapter

John C. Eckalbar is an airline transport pilot and instrument flight instructor for single and multiengine airplanes. He has been a pilot for Executive Jet and has flown in the Federal Express feeder system. He has been an active FAR Part 135 charter pilot with air taxi and cargo experience in a wide range of general aviation airplanes, from Skylanes, 210s, and Bonanzas to Barons, 400 series Cessnas, Caravans, King Airs, and Citations.; At one time or another he has owned a Grumman American TR-2, three Bonanzas, an E55 Baron, and a Piper Seneca II.

John is one of the original ground and flight instructors in the American Bonanza Society's highly regarded Bonanza and Baron Pilot Proficiency Programs, and he is a co-author of the manuals for those classes. He is also the author of numerous articles in general aviation magazines. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado and is a Professor in the California State University system. He has published many articles on mathematics for economists and been the principal investigator on a National Science Foundation research project on dynamics and stability.

Other publications by John:

• Flying High Performance Singles and Twins
• Video: Instrument Flying: By the Numbers