The epitome of a cross-country flyer, the Beechcraft Bonanza Model 35 series—with its distinctive V-tail—debuted in 1947, produced in Plant II at the Beechcraft manufacturing facility at Beech ...

In 1968, Beechcraft introduced a lengthened and conventional-tail Model 35, which became known as the Model 36 Bonanza. Production of the V-tail Bonanza ceased in 1982 and the Debonair in 1995.

Apart from the Bonanza, most people would be hard-pressed to name many V-tail airplanes, but a list of no fewer than 142 of them can be found online. Some are fanciful.

Initially designed with the distinctive butterfly or V tail--a conventional tail model was offered too--it was the basis for later Beech aircraft. On March 7-8, 1949, William P. Odom set a light-plane ...

More than 60 years have passed since the first Beechcraft Bonanza flew in December 1945. The first and most prolific was the Model 35, which sported the signature V-tail.

The Beechcraft Bonanza V35 is now available for purchase on Microsoft Flight Simulator. The plane will cost you $14.99, and it comes with ten skins, so you can customize it to your liking.

Military planes sometimes have tail fins that form a V-shape rather than the traditional single fin. Here's why they have them and if it helps them fly.