Chill Out In A Cool Old Bonanza - Dairy Queen Style

 Hey, after doing all that thinking and drawing to create the Empress 400 Retro Airliner concept, I needed some ice cream, and it was Dairy Queen to the rescue! I really did go have a mint Oreo Blizzard (my fave) from the local store, which has nothing to do really with this pic, but it sure tasted good. 

 I was at a different Dairy Queen somewhere about a year ago, don't remember where (somewhere in northern Indiana) and they had this late 40’s or early 50’s Beech Bonanza picture hanging on the wall. I thought, wow, you don’t see an old Bonanza with an ice cream cone painted on the side and hanging in a random Dairy Queen every day! So I grabbed a quick pic with my phone and then forgot about it. Today I stumbled across that pic again and decided it was interesting enuf to share. I must say, I’m a sucker for airplanes with interesting advertising on them, especially old ones. 

 Looks like maybe someone who owned some DQ stores in Arkansas and Louisiana also spent time dragging a V-tail thru the sky. I looked for some additional info on the internet but didn’t find any. It’s not really all that special, but I always enjoy seeing a little slice of the past, especially when airplanes and ice cream are involved!

UPDATE: 1.2.25... So I'm still alive even tho I haven't been posting here at AirPigz for several years. I've left the website up because there's a lot of cool avgeek stuff here, and at the dawn of 2025 I'm finally updating the locations that this cool DQ Bonanza picture has been spotted. Looks like 80 reports have come in since I orginally put this post up back in 2010.

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UPDATE: 12.31.14... 28 sightings now! I think it's really cool that so many people have seen this picture at a DQ and then wind up finding the post here on AirPigz as they chase their curiosity about the image. Keep 'em coming : )

UPDATE: 12.28.13... Just received a comment informing me that this Diary Queen Bonanza pic is also on the wall of a DQ in Wichita KS, just over a mile from the Beechcraft factory! How awesome is that?! It's been very interesting learning of the various locations the pic has been seen, and I love it that people are finding this post when they're looking for info on the airplane pic they've noticed at a DQ : )

UPDATE: 6.9.13... I eventually figured out that I captured the pic in this post at the DQ in Nappanee, Indiana. So, with the comment received today with another one spotted in Alabama, we've learned of at least 7 of those sweet ole Bonanza pix around the country. I'm sure there are many more, hopefully more comments are on the way.

Here's the locations that have reported:

Nappanee, IN
Glen Rose, TX
Carmel, IN
Mukwonago, WI
Branson, MO
Pecos, TX
Semmes, AL
Tampa, FL
Firestone, CO
LaGrange, KY
Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
Fairfield, TX
Hiawassee, GA
Ellis, TX
Wichita, KS
Portland, CT
Lynn Haven, FL
Oakville, Ontario Canada
Levelland, TX
Aberdeen, WA
Elenboro, WV
Charlottesville, VA
Thomaston, GA
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Abbortsford, BC Canada
Lindale, TX
Stockbridge, GA
Columbus, GA
Tuscaloosa, AL
Missoula, MT
Baraboo, WI
Fairfield, TX
Shreveport, LA
Clarence, NY
Tatum, TX
Monett, MO
Sun City, AZ
Houston, TX
Strongsville, OH
Milton-Freewater, OR
Warrenton, MO
Calvert City, KY
Lovejoy, GA
Fayetteville, NC
Sedontna, AK
Morrisville, NC
Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
Kermit, WV
Indianapolis, IN
Edina, MN
Flower Mound, TX
Taylor, TX
Fallon, NV
Tyler, TX
Nelson, MO
Columbus GA
Oakland, MD
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Steamboat Springs, CO
Pinckney MI
Ozark, AL
Bellingham, WA
Warrenton, MO
Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada
Bandera, TX
Champaign, IL
Newport News, VA
Cleburne,TX
San Diego, CA
Akron, OH
Trinity, TX
Laguna Niguel, CA
Cuero, TX
Gainesboro, TN
Auburn, ME
Crosspointe, VA
Saint Charles, MO
Henderson, TX
Sistersville, WV
Johnson City, TX

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[Keith m]

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