BEST first PISTON TWIN
I read the article “Your First Piston Twin: Buy With Caution” in the May 2024 issue of Aviation Consumer and can weigh in.
I own the very first Beech Travel Air ever sold. N343B (serial number TD-2) was built in 1957 and sold in 1958. When I told my father I was going to restore it, he said only two groups do this—the military who has no regard for cost, and fools who don’t know better. I now have a state-of-the-art avionics suite including a digital autopilot (Genesis/STEC 3100), Avidyne IFD-series navigators and an Aspen Pro Max EFIS. Plus, the aircraft has air conditioning as well as $70,000 worth of paint and interior work.