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In high school I was a line boy. I was one of those kids that loved aviation n could easily recognize many alc just by the sound them made. One day in perhaps 67 or early 68 at Mt Pocono municipal a/p looking west out the large hangar door I noticed an unfamiliar sight entering down wind for RW 23. It was the only V tail twin Bonanza I had ever seen. It had it's gear down n for a twin it seemed to be slowly heading further down wind. I watched it for a few more seconds than walked back in the hangar. Perhaps one or two minutes later I exited the north facing man door to the ramp and immediately turned 90 degrees right now looking toward the final approach end of RW 23. I again notice the twin V tail in the distance but this time it was low on approach just off airport property. I suddenly see the left wing dip than recognize the gear more facing the sky than toward the ground, it disappears in the scrub brush than I see a big cloud of dust. I actually still can remember taking a few more steps before I realize what I just saw....... I immediately turn around and run back thru the man door where the mechanic staff was on break around 10 am. I blurted out to the men that a airplane just crashed at the beginning RW 23 across the road. We all ran out to our vehicles and headed in the that direction but my vehicle was a Yamaha 250 Big Bear Scrambler. I easily not only lead all the men to the crash scene, being on this type of bike I was able to wiggle my way thru the brush and drive wight up to the crash site, the first on the scene by a minute or so. The Bonanza was now facing almost in the opposite direction, now facing east and on it's belly. No fire but the smell of fuel and some pieces of A/C on the ground I am steeping thru on my way up to the cabin. As I get to the trailing edge of the right wing I look up to see the right seater still strapped in but his torso, head n arms were laying back on the wing's black anti slip walk way. I can still remember that he was wearing a dark brown kind of checked pattern shirt and defitnally did not need immediate attention. I than go over to the left side of the A/C where the wing was on longer attached and look in just enough so see if the pilot needs immediate help. It was obvious he too was no longer in a hurry.

AnyWay, tunes out I was the only witness to the crash and the first on scene so for a time was quite popular with the FAA investigators. Turns out the owner was in the co pilots seat and person occupying the pilots seat was not rated. This A/C did not have full dual controls but I not sure if I ever knew which side the yoke was on at the time of the crash. Supposedly this A/C was notoriously nose heavy. This combined with my statement that for a twin I felt this A/C was flying to slow. But I was 17 or 18 at the time and un rated so the only witness was not to knowledgeable I suppose.

So for what it is worth, the above is my only experience with a twin V tail Bonanza. Supposedly this was the fifth one suffering a similar faith, but this was over 40 years ago so sure my memory is not 100% correct.

Edited version of story
In high school I was a line boy. I was one of those kids that loved aviation and could easily recognize many aircraft just by the sound they made. One day in perhaps 1967 or early '68 at Mt Pocono municipal airport, looking west out the large hangar door I noticed an unfamiliar sight entering down wind for runway 23. It was the only V-tail twin Bonanza I had ever seen. It had its gear down and for a twin it seemed to be slowly heading further down wind. I watched it for a few more seconds then walked back in the hangar. Perhaps one or two minutes later I exited the north facing man door to the ramp and immediately turned 90 degrees right now looking toward the final approach end of runway 23. I again notice the twin V tail in the distance but this time it was low on approach just off airport property.

I suddenly see the left wing dip, then recognize the gear more facing the sky than toward the ground. It disappears in the scrub brush, then I see a big cloud of dust. I actually still can remember taking a few more steps before I realize what I just saw ... I immediately turn around and run back through the man door where the mechanic staff was on break, around 10 am. I blurted out to the men that a airplane just crashed at the beginning of runway 23 across the road. We all ran out to our vehicles and headed in the that direction but my vehicle was a Yamaha YD-250 Big Bear Scrambler. I easily not only led all the men to the crash scene, being on this type of bike I was able to wiggle my way through the brush and drive right up to the crash site, the first on the scene by a minute or so.

The Bonanza was now facing almost in the opposite direction, now facing east and on its belly. No fire, but the smell of fuel and some pieces of aircraft on the ground I am stepping through on my way up to the cabin. As I get to the trailing edge of the right wing I look up to see the right seater still strapped in but his torso, head and arms were laying back on the wing's black anti slip walk way. I can still remember that he was wearing a dark brown kind of checked pattern shirt and definitely did not need immediate attention. I then go over to the left side of the aircraft where the wing was no longer attached and look in just enough to see if the pilot needs immediate help. It was obvious he too was no longer in a hurry.

Anyway, turns out I was the only witness to the crash and the first on scene so for a time I was quite popular with the FAA investigators. Turns out the owner was in the co-pilot's seat and person occupying the pilot's seat was not rated. This aircraft did not have full dual controls but I'm not sure if I ever knew which side the yoke was on at the time of the crash. Supposedly this aircraft was notoriously nose heavy. This combined with my statement that for a twin I felt this aircraft was flying too slow. But I was 17 or 18 at the time and un-rated so the only witness was not too knowledgeable I suppose.

So for what it is worth, the above is my only experience with a twin V tail Bonanza. Supposedly this was the fifth one suffering a similar fate, but this was over 40 years ago so sure, my memory is not 100% correct.

Chiang Family Tree

 * Dashed lines represent marriages.
 * Dotted lines represent adoptions and extra-marital relationships.
 * Solid lines represent descendants.
 * Yellow boxes are presidents of the ROC.


 * Revised to delete Chiang Chien-hua (does this person exist?)


 * Alternate revision to include descendants of the grandkids. Oof.


 * Revision for compacted display


 * Revision of "big tree" with compacted display

Chart references:

Relocation Center administration
War Relocation Authority: Dillon S. Myer Robert Cozzens, field director John Bird, director of information (Phillip Schafer, assistant) (Luther E. Hoffman, 1945) (James Hughes, Assistant) (Loren Bell, Assistant) (Raymond R. Best, 1943) (Joe Hayes, Assistant)
 * Eden, Idaho (Phillip Schafer, assistant)
 * Gila River (Douglas K. Todd)
 * Granada (James G. Lindley)
 * Heart Mountain (Guy Robertson)
 * Jerome (Paul A. Taylor) (W.O. Melton, Assistant)
 * Manzanar (?)
 * Minidoka (Harry L. Stafford)
 * Poston (Wade Head) (Duncan Mills, 1945)
 * Rohwer (Ray D. Johnson)
 * Topaz (Charles E/F/P. Ernst)
 * Tule Lake (Elmer Shirrell, 1942)

Sun Yat-Sen family tree

 * Fumiko son Toichi http://www.asiasentinel.com/society/japan-revolution/
 * Nora Sun m. Connie W(ilburton) Seigrist 5 Jan 1956 http://www.okiesterling.com/p77.htm#i1275
 * Another picture of Nora http://www.utdallas.edu/library/specialcollections/hac/cataam/Leeker/history/Taiwan2.pdf Civil Air Transport
 * Nora Sun m. Connie W(ilburton) Seigrist 5 Jan 1956 http://www.okiesterling.com/p77.htm#i1275
 * Another picture of Nora http://www.utdallas.edu/library/specialcollections/hac/cataam/Leeker/history/Taiwan2.pdf Civil Air Transport

Bank of the West Classic
Venues and dates for the Stanford Classic, sponsored by Bank of the West and commonly referred to as the Bank of the West Classic:

Oedipus Family Tree

 * Solid lines indicate descendants.
 * Dashed lines indicate marriages.
 * Dotted lines indicate extra-marital relationships or adoptions.
 * Kings of Thebes are numbered with bold names and a light purple background.
 * Joint rules are indicated by a number and lowercase letter, for example, 5a. Amphion shared the throne with 5b. Zethus.
 * Regents of Thebes are alphanumbered (format AN) with bold names and a light red background.
 * The number N refers to the regency preceding the reign of the Nth king. Generally this means the regent served the Nth king but not always, as Creon (A9) was serving as regent to Laodamas (the 10th King) when he was slain by Lycus II (the usurping 9th king).
 * The letter A refers to the regency sequence. "A" is the first regent, "B" is the second, etc.
 * Deities have a yellow background color and italic names.

Soong Family Tree

 * Solid lines indicate descendants.
 * Dashed lines indicate marriages. In each marriage, the wife is on the left.
 * For notability reasons, the family tree is truncated at the grandchild/spouse level. Multiple great-grandchildren of Charlie Soong are not depicted.