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Within a few years of its debut in 1947, the V-tail Beechcraft Bonanza had a sinister and not-entirely-undeserved nickname: The “fork-tail doctor killer,” a reference to the fact that physicians were frequent buyers of the planes. But on Oct. 28, 1947, a brand-new red-and-white one became a “fork-tail Oregon Governor, Secretary of State, and Senate President killer.” (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1801a.earl-snell-plane-crash-bonanza-477.html)