King KLN-94 GPS Moving Map (IFR
ENR, TERM, APPR) GPS, reads JPI fuel flows,
remote displays on #1 HSI, and/or #2 VOR indicator,
and/or RMI. Prominent annunciators are located under
the glareshield for the JPI and GPS alarms.
Avidyne EX500 FlightMax MFD
display, includes on-board
color radar, plus
downlink NEXRAD radar, graphic and decoded METAR weather, with expansion capability for traffic, terrain, &
lightning
RDR-160 Digital Color Radar with 12” antenna.
 The
datalink weather service from Avidyne, delivered by XM WX satellite
downlink and backed up by the OrbComm galaxy is just wonderful. This picture,
showing the down-linked NEXRAD weather, was shot on
a private strip, with engines off and is typical of
the information available in the cockpit! before
we depart!
Alternatively, the excellent and very powerful on-board
weather radar is displayed on the same EX500 screen and at the same time as the EX500
map, if the pilot so chooses. The combination of the Norton radome, the
12" antenna, and the crisp digital Avidyne display gives great
performance on very large cells at 100-120 mile range. Notice the older
Collins Nav/Com/DME? If we are at 10,000 MSL or so and dial in a VORTAC
at 100+NM, the DME locks on in seconds, every time. It's all about
having these units aligned properly.
King LED Digital KR-87 ADF, displayed
on the RMI
Dual King LED Digital KY-196A COMs, with 9 pre-set channels
Dual Collins LED Digital 351 NAVs (Digital readout of
“To & From” VOR)
Dual Collins Glideslope receivers
Collins 451 Digital DME (Dual input display, channeled
by either NAV)
Collins 350 Audio Panel with 3-light Marker
King KT76A Transponder with Altitude Encoder
Monroy ATD-300 Digital Traffic Detector mounted
in glareshield, w/external antenna
Artex 110-4 ELT remote-mounted with panel-mounted test
switch
Sigtronics SCI-4 intercom (Isolate pilot, Crew only,
or All positions and music input)
Dual yoke w/ Beech electric chronometer
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Paint,
Interior & Glass
 Fresh paint in August 2004 (earlier scheme seen here )
Paint is Jet-Glo Tender Yellow base w/Shamrock Green
and Sun Yellow stripes in the Beech design, with Jaguar
style engine cowlings and immaculate detailing.
Paint is superb...rated 9/10
Oregon Aero visco-elastic front seats were reworked
in 2003, and are exceedingly comfortable. Interior is
custom leather in Cream color, rated 8/10
Headrests on all seats are like new. The rear (5/6)
seats are new matching leather-like vinyl, rated 9/10
and in storage. We operate this Baron as a four-seat
aircraft.
Glass is excellent, no crazing, smokiness or cracks
G&D Aero tinted thermal window inserts (not
shown here) make the cabin really comfortable ($2500
option)
Deice boots are slick & shiny, have had loving
care since replacement in 1990
All window & door seals, wingroot seals are new
in 2000; Door was rehinged in 2003.
Aircraft is exceptionally quiet in flight
Aircraft is factory zinc-chromated, no corrosion
Airframe History plus Current Engines & Props
Record -- Recent Maintenance:
1983 Deice boots (Airborne 707B ) installed by BFGoodrich,
Akron OH
1986 new Hobbs meter @ 2445.1 hrs TTA; Begin Aircraft
Logbook #2
1989 Exported @ 3221 hrs TTA. French registration F-GHAR;
Begin Aircraft Logbook #3
1990 Deice boots replaced- still look nearly new
1999 Re-imported from France, US registered as N6734G
@ 4452 hrs TTA
2000 Annual completed May @ 4545 hrs TTA by Air Care,
Rocky Mount NC.
All AD’s and Bulletins complied with. Extensive
and entirely elective fix-up, nit-picking work also
accomplished at same time. All window, door, and wing
root seals replaced.
2001 Annual completed May @4629 hrs TTA by Air Care,
Inc.
2002 Annual completed Jan @4712 hrs TTA by Virginia
Aviation, Lynchburg, VA
Tinted thermal windows added
2002 JPI EDM 760 Twin engine monitors and GAMIjectors
added
Fall 2002, the pilot attended the Advanced
Pilots' Seminars, Ada, Oklahoma
2003 Annual completed Jan @4995.4 hrs TTA by Virginia
Aviation; new wheel bearings, races, brake pads and
rotors; Pitot/Static & Transponder IFR Certification
- good for two years
2003 March ... Installed Avidyne EX500 datalink MFD
2003 Colemill President II conversion in August
@ 5182.2 TTA by Colemill Enterprises. Engines run really
smooth! Dual F&M Oil filters added. Pulsing wingtip
recognition lights added.
2004 Annual completed Feb @ 5277.7 hrs TTA by Virginia
Aviation
All nose landing gear rod ends replaced due to time
in service; added a second glideslope receiver and indicator;
replaced all nose landing gear rod ends due to time
in service.
Deice boots and system re-checked by BFGoodrich, Akron,
OH
2004 full strip and New Paint by Legends Aircraft
Refurbishing, Aiken SC in Jet-Glo Colors:
Tender Yellow 574-591
Shamrock Green stripe 573-585
Sun Yellow stripe 5041
Panel is Sherwin Williams (Pratt & Lambert) Castle
Tan 370-506
2005 XM MultiLink datalink added to Avidyne with CMax
electronic charts
2005, 2006, 2007 Routine Annuals, few anomalies, completed by Virginia
Aviation.
2007 New tail deice boots and system re-checked by BFGoodrich, Akron,
OH
2008 Routine Annual Inspection completed by Virginia
Aviation in March 2008
Damage: Nose Gear collapse in 1988.  No
problems since then. Repairs would not be known unless
they had been logged. The nose looks entirely factory-like,
inside & out
I bought the plane from a responsible
dealer who told me all about the damage that is discussed
above. He has subsequently become a close friend. As
I have used machinery all my life, I am aware that damage
can be repaired, and if done well, does not affect the
servicability of the machine in the slightest. This
is particularly true of repairs that have significant
service time thereafter with no followup problems, as
is the case with this Baron, photographed here by Mike
Durning departing Halifax, Nova Scotia in Sept. 2004.
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