Beech Travel Air Vs Twin Comanche at Traveling

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Beech Travel Air Vs Twin Comanche. Turbo normalizing the travel air is a little overkill, but can be useful if you're out west. Burning about 14 gph, the twin comanche cruises in at 155 to 160 knots.

1965 PA 30 Twin Comanche. 6895 TT 62 581 SMOH IFR, S tec
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The first twin comanche shared two things with its slower predecessor, the apache: Cabin room was virtually identical in both airplanes. I had my twin comanche for about 750 hours.

1965 PA 30 Twin Comanche. 6895 TT 62 581 SMOH IFR, S tec

A useful load of 1,172 pounds, an economical fuel flow and relatively fast cruise speeds didn’t overcome the higher horsepower and gross weights offered by beech’s new light twin, the baron. Take the basic design of a successful single and make a twin out of it. The very first production comanches were late 1957 models and the 180 comanche was joined by the 250 comanche in 1958. There is no way to run a carbureted travel air lean of peak like you can do with a fuel injected travel air.