The Baron is a beauty indeed. I spotted this one at CZNL a few years ago, and it had a totally different livery back then.

Absolutely agreeDawn!

This model is seriously FUN to fly as well.

Very nice, bet they're a lot of fun to fly. I always love seeing them pass through CZNL.

Me too.

I agree, the paint really suits this Baron. Thanks for watching!

Awesome, that must have been fun getting up in a Baron! Bet it looked pretty good all-red as well.

I worked at an FBO fueling airplanes while I was working on my private pilot's license. The owner wasn't the friendliest guy to work for but the general manager was very cool to us. He came up to me during work one day and said I have to fly down to John Wayne Airport, I need your help, let's go. When we got down there he picked up something from someone while I waited, I think it was just documents. The Baron belonged to a customer of the FBO. We got back in the plane and on the way back I said I don't understand why you needed me to go with you. He answered, I didn't, I just thought you might like to take a plane ride in a Baron. I was on the clock too. The better story is when the FBO went from being a Piper dealer to being a Cessna dealer. One of our instructors went to Kansas to pick up a brand new 172. He called us on the unicom when he was still about a half hour from landing, it was just before closing time. We closed and I decided to hang around to see the new airplane. He landed and was letting me check out the interior. All of a sudden he looked at me and asked if anyone was still around, I said no everyone went home. He said well guess what I haven't written down the hobbs time yet, want to go for a ride? I gleefully ran around to the passenger side to get in and he said no get in the left seat. I was probably only a month away from having all the prerequisites for getting my license. He let me fly that plane the whole time. I'll never forget that night or that instructor. I hope he's got a job doing what he loves. His dad was a DC-10 captain so I hope he ended up as a captain somewhere if that is what he wanted to be. @@TheHDAviation

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed the video!

Thanks so much Dave! The King Air's are some of my favourites to see passing through CZNL. Hopefully we'll get some more visiting soon.

This Baron did sound great, love these little twins!

Thanks a lot, this one was fun to see!

Thanks for watching!

I agree, it really suits it well!

Happy Halloween to you too! It is an attractive aircraft indeed, love the Baron.

Love the Baron, one awesome little twin.

Visit Australia, they are the backbone in some areas. Amazing aircraft.

Thanks a lot! I love this livery on the Baron, I spotted this same one a few years ago and it had a totally different paint scheme back then.

Same here, bet they're fun to fly!

Ya, it's pretty cool seeing the gear lift so quickly!

Thanks a lot!

Thanks a lot!

This one did look great, must be a fun little twin to fly!

Thanks so much Volker! This great looking Baron was a fun one to spot in Nelson.

Love the Baron, would really like to get up in one some day!

I wondered why he retracted so early. Thanks for the information

Thanks a lot!

Thanks a lot!

I agree, it makes the aircraft look like brand new. Much better then the old one!

Thanks so much Matt! I agree, the Baron is one impressive little twin piston. Love seeing these pass through Nelson. Hope you're having a great weekend as well!

Very nice, bet they're nice to fly!

@@TheHDAviation oh yeah, especially the old models with a none conventional power quadrant set up. Was really nice to fly.

Thanks again!

@@TheHDAviationNp.

Thanks Steve! I love the livery on this Baron as well, a really sharp looking aircraft. I spotted this same one in Nelson a few years ago and it had a totally different paint job then. Hope you have a great weekend!

@@TheHDAviation yw pal, you have a great weekend also.

He didn't have many escape options in that valley. I've never used flap for take off, either.

Thanks!

Yeah that’s the problem, if you’re already gonna spend that much spend a little more and get a Tbm or something.

@@Valantir Or a Kodiak

@@gckshea love the kodiak, but i figure for the type of flights a baron guy does something pressurized like a tbm or pilatus etc is more of what they need

Well.. that is part of the reason why the bottom fell out of the piston twin market. First with larger twins like the Navajo and 402 being replaced by the Caravan and PC-12, and then most smaller ones with the TBM, Meridian, Kodiak, etc But there’s more than just purchase price. With any turbine airplane, operating costs go up exponentially. Fuel, maintenance, insurance, training, etc. If you have a TBM you have to have a private operator certificate. Then there’s single vs multi engine. Statistically, you are much safer in a single turbine plane. Even a single piston plane isn’t that much more dangerous due to the unlikelihood of you departing controlled flight after an engine failure and the slower glide and stall speeds for forced landings. But flying over these mountains on an engine that for how reliable it is still has many single points of failure that won’t affect both engines (t wheel or compressor failure, HP pump failure, prop failure, oil starvation, icing damage, bird strike and FOD, etc) and there are a lot of hard and pointy objects below.

Ouch on that price

Yap. He's lucky there wasn't a downdraft... Very expensive.

Love the Beechcraft Baron!

If an engine quits right after takeoff, you want the gear up.

@@nocalsteve if the engine quits right after takeoff and there's enough runway ahead of you to land, but the gear is already on the way up, there is no longer enough runway ahead of you to land because you'd have to wait for the gear to come back down. Unless you're hot, high and heavy (which I would question why you would takeoff in any plane at max weight/density altitude), your twin engine plane is rated to climb with the gear down or up, but yes it will climb better with the gear up. However, if there is any LLWS, you're screwed. There's very few reasons to pull the gear up at 10' off the ground.

@UCybBGrRa5y0T4n_U0jcLhYg how many multi engine hours do you have? You mean to tell me that if you're in a twin engine plane and you have enough pavement in front of you that you're going to say, nope, I'm climbing and taking my chances? Let any passengers know that before they get in any plane you fly!

@@JayRosin Light-twin engine airplanes are not rated to climb with the gear down, and may have only marginal or no climb performance with an engine-out with the gear up depending on the circumstances. There are only a few seconds during a takeoff where you may be able to land it and stop before the end, but if an engine fails after that you may literally be miles from the airport before you gain a few hundred feet of altitude. The other consideration is Vmc, or red-line, which is the speed a twin-engine airplane needs to be above when flying on one engine. Getting the gear up helps the plane accelerate to gain a safety margin in case of an engine failure. Waiting to retract the gear is a single-engine thing, not a multi.

@@nocalsteve again, how many multi engine hours do you have? And who was your instructor? I'd check their qualifications. I'm very aware of what Vmc is, I've been paying attention to that number for 15 years. There are far too many risks at 10' to pull the gear up. If you miscalculate Vr, and the plane stalls or settles back to the ground, you're screwed. If it doesn't climb as well out of ground effect as it did in ground effect, you're screwed. And if you're not evaluating the circumstances you didn't bother to list in your last comment BEFORE you start the engines, don't start the engines.