{"id":5330,"date":"2025-08-11T06:44:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T06:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/continental.aero\/?p=5330"},"modified":"2025-08-12T21:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T21:48:09","slug":"thea-allens-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/continental.aero\/thea-allens-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Thea Allens Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5330\" class=\"elementor elementor-5330\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d11feca e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d11feca\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-722a42b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"722a42b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/continental.aero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Thea-Allen-Story.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5329\" alt=\"Thea Allen Story\" srcset=\"https:\/\/continental.aero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Thea-Allen-Story.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/continental.aero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Thea-Allen-Story-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/continental.aero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Thea-Allen-Story-768x491.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d29ef8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d29ef8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Thea Allen's Story<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae2c699 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae2c699\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I\u2019m proud to share the story of our 1968 Beechcraft Bonanza V35A, still flying today behind its original Continental IO-520 engine. We\u2019re only the second owners, the first bought it new in \u201968 and flew it sparingly before storing it for over 25 years. When we purchased it in 2018, the airframe and engine had just 813 total hours and were completely original. As owners of a maintenance shop, we saw the potential and brought it back to life with careful inspections and some much-needed attention. Since then, we\u2019ve flown it all over the country, adding hundreds of hours to the same engine and cylinders it left the factory with. It\u2019s a true testament to the quality Continental built into these engines and why we\u2019re proud to keep its legacy flying.<\/p><p>&#8211;<strong>Thea Allen<\/strong><\/p><p>#PoweringLegaciesForward<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thea Allen&#8217;s Story I\u2019m proud to share the story of our 1968 Beechcraft Bonanza V35A, still flying today behind its original Continental IO-520 engine. We\u2019re only the second owners, the first bought it new in \u201968 and flew it sparingly before storing it for over 25 years. 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