When he stepped out of the Bonanza at Teterboro, he was clean-shaven and neatly dressed, as any young executive might be on arrival for a business conference. As he passed over Ohio, Odom changed his shirt and used his electric razor. It was uneventful, proceeding as planned except for two detours to avoid bad weather enroute. A smooth takeoff from Hickam Field, Honolulu, began this record-making flight. The average fuel consumption was 19.37 miles per gallon and average speed was 146.3 miles per hour.
The flight was completed at a total cost of less than $75 for fuel and oil. Of this distance, 2,474 miles were over the waters of the Pacific Ocean and 2,799 were over the North American continent. Odom." This brief entry summed up the flight, which covered 4,957.24 officially accredited great circle miles (5,273 actual miles). In the log book of the Waikiki Beech, under the dates of March 6, 7, and 8, 1949, is the following entry: "X-country record-breaking flight: 36 hours 01 minutes, Honolulu to Teterboro, New Jersey. Severe weather over Nevada forced Odom to abandon his ultimate goal of flying the entire continent and return to Oakland 22 hours and 6 minutes after takeoff. The Bonanza was the first light plane to make this flight, a great circle distance of 2,406.9 miles, though Odom actually flew 2,900 miles. On January 12, 1949, Odom established a record for light-plane flights from Hawaii to the continental United States. In 1951, Congressman Peter Mack renamed the aircraft the Friendship Flame and made an around the world goodwill flight. Beech Aircraft Corporation sponsored both of these record-breaking flights to demonstrate the efficiency and dependability of its airplane. Probably the best known of these is the Waikiki Beech, in which William P. The Bonanza's fine performance encouraged a number of people to select it for record-breaking flights. In a survey of 100 leading designers, design teachers, and architects, published in Fortune magazine, April 1959, the Bonanza was rated as one of the 100 best designs of mass-produced products. In addition to a generous acceptance within the aviation world, where it is regarded as the Cadillac of the single-engine light-plane field, the Bonanza also rated high marks in the industrial design field. This classic airplane first flew in 1947 and is still in continuous production with a conventional tail rather than the distinctive V-tail with which it first flew.
Long Description The Beechcraft Bonanza is one of general aviation's great success stories. Mack flew the renamed Friendship Flame on a goodwill world flight from Octoto Janu(see markings on right side). Odom set a light-plane, nonstop distance record from Honolulu, Hawaii, to Teterboro, New Jersey, in the Waikiki Beech (see markings on left side), the fourth Bonanza built. Initially designed with the distinctive butterfly or V tail-a conventional tail model was offered too-it was the basis for later Beech aircraft. The four-place aircraft sported all-metal construction and retractable landing gear for the sophisticated or executive pilot. Summary The classic Beechcraft Bonanza was introduced in 1947 and is still built today by Textron Aviation. From Octoto January 27, 1952, Congressman Peter Mack of Ilinois made a goodwill round the world flight in the Bonanza renamed "Friendship Flame." Continental E-165 engine low-wing, tricycle gear design.
Odom flew "Waikiki Beech" on a record-breaking Honolulu to Teterboro, New Jersey flight, March 6-8, 1949. Object Details Manufacturer Beech Aircraft Corporation Physical Description N80040 four-seat, single-engine, "V-tail" general aviation and business aircraft William P. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art.
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