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Lock & Key Baron: Nose-To-Tail Refurb

Larry Anglisano
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Edited By:

Omar Filipovic

In the current market, the Beech B58 Baron in the lead image is now valued at roughly $1.2 million, including over $800,000 in aftermarket modifications and refurbishment effort.

For nearly 20 years, Tennessee-based Mike Jones Aircraft has been cranking out Lock & Key Piper Navajos. This is an extensive teardown-refurbishment process that makes the airplane better than new, thanks to a variety of STC’d mods (the company bought the aftermarket performance mod company Colemill roughly 13 years ago) and a slew of modern improvements. 

But Jones (and potential customers) have been wanting to expand the Lock & Key refurbishment program to other models and that’s exactly what he’s done with the Lock & Key Beech Baron. Like the Navajo program, the Lock & Key Baron I looked at for this report certainly follows company tradition in turning out a finished product that’s a showpiece, backed up with solid gains in performance and capability compared to the original airplane.

Larry Anglisano

Editor in Chief Larry Anglisano has been a staple at Aviation Consumer since 1995. An active land, sea and glider pilot, Larry has over 30 years’ experience as an avionics repairman and flight test pilot. He’s the editorial director overseeing sister publications Aviation Safety magazine, IFR magazine and is a regular contributor to KITPLANES magazine with his Avionics Bootcamp column.